"I feel taller"

Wow so much to say but no time to say it...

I just had some of the most amazing times of my life! We spend the last two days canoeing a total of 20ish miles and camping out. It rained alot, we went 12 hours without talking, etc. No shower for two days on the river was also an interesting thing. I now have no doub that this is where I was supposed to be this summer. I have had so much fun and met so many awesome people. Never has a group learned my name and befriended me so quickly. Other that a few akward theological disagreements these people are certainly going to be like family this summer, woofreakkinhooo.

I have learned a lot about myself and just how other people express their faith. The dorky hand motions and such with the songs are really a lot of fun. I am having so much fun and these first two weeks are just staff TRAINING!! wow! I hope that I don't have many sad times this summer because being so far from home will make them seem worse I think.

I am excited to relearn and teach the basics of Christianity to campers when they come. I think I have decided that I will put high school students as my preference to work with though because I have discovered that I am a bit more intense then many of the counselors here. I want to continue to go very very deep into the scriptures we learn and talk about them on a super serious and intense level which is really good but hard to do with little guys. All in all, this summer is setting off to be one of the best ever.

Thank you God for all you have provided for me already. I can't believe that I am getting paid to serve you in this way. I pray that all goes well for you all at home and feel free to e-mail me or leave me a voice mail. Also, you can sent me snailmail!

Dean Alley
Luther Crest Bible Camp
8231 Co Rd 11 NE
Alexandria, MN 56308

-Dean

The day is upon us

It is a couple minutes until we leave. I have said my final goodbyes. We need to be there at 4pm. There appears to be something in our way on 94 though that we have to go around, I suck at directions as it is!

Anyways, I am getting excited for this summer. During my drive from home to Phil's last night I realized that no matter how distant I feel from God lately that there is always something bigger than me in place. This summer would have been awesome to spend aside Krystal but that did not turn out. If I had my choice that would have happened but instead I recultently went along with this plan instead, just sort of lethargically dragging my feet along. But I have not backed out because I have realized that God wants this for me. I have re-realized that there is something bigger out there, something that has more control over my life than me, and it is Him. God has control of my life, this step is certainly not something I want all on my own, instead I want what God has planned for me and I know that this is what He wants for me.

Time to eat and then hit the road. Wish us safe travels. Much Love!
-Dean

LCBC Summer

This blog will be a medium of contact and updates for Dean Alley and Phil Lashinksi. We might get some other counselors up on here too. We will try to update this every week. We have no access to computers on weekdays but have internet access for most weekends. Friends and family can check up here on how we are doing at camp. Thanks for checking it out!