Not too much to say. I just had the greatest week yet I think though. I was a counselor for the 4-6 basketball camp. But the catch here is that I have never played basketball except with friends.
I put in 15 hours of practice with these kids and it was amazing, I learned so much and they loved being able to teach me things. My cabin was amazing, I loved it so much. I guess my campers liked me a lot too, but they were just so much fun and had a lot of really good questions. Obviously some parts were harder than others but boys will be boys.
This week I will be doing ANOTHER day camp. This one is in Chanhassen. I have been told by many that this is the best day camp we do because the kids are so wonderful and the host families practically live in mansions I am excited that I get to work with the age group that I have been with all summer, it is probably my favorite.
There is only two weeks of the summer left and it feels like it. I am getting antsy about going home and then going out to UWEC. I am very excited but at the same time a bit bummed that the summer is ending so soon. I have made a lot of friends that I will keep in contact with for a while I hope.
Well, Im going to get going. Please keep my family in your prayers, Grandma is in the hospital. It doesn't seem to be serious but you know how it goes.
Finally, since im on a day camp I can get phone calls past like 4pm so feel free to call anytime after that.
Bye!
-Dean
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Another One Bites The Dust
The weeks just seem to be rolling by here at camp and I love it. I am having a blast and now that I am actually reading my bible on a regular basis I am exeriencing a lot of growth. This summer has been awesome, challenging and fun, but it still is not over.
This week I am on another day camp. I love these little kids, they are so much fun and so intelligent. The day camp is actually at the camp, so the kids come everyday and are on-site with us from 9am to 3pm. Some of the kids are a bit difficult at times but in the end they are really a lot of fun and they are teaching me more than I probably am teaching them, amazing how that works eh?
The conflict that I was experiencing at the start of the summer is nearly gone, it just doesn't bother me any more. There is one counselor who calls me a wacko Christian because I went to sonshine and other such things(Sonshine was amazing BTW). Basically I am a bit evangelical and this counselor disaproves, but its cool.
I am at Caribou right now. That is another decent thing about daycamps; we get the rest of the day to re-engergize after abouty 4pm, after some debriefing and planning for the next day we headed off into town last night and tonight. Tomorrow we will be hanging around and then Thurs. will be the banquet.
If anybody wants to call me this wee, you can, after 4pm I should answer and if not then I will shortly return your phone call. I am excited for all the things that God is doing in my life right now and all the things I know He will do. Keep me in your prayers and know that I am praying for all of you back home and miss you all a lot.
-Dean
This week I am on another day camp. I love these little kids, they are so much fun and so intelligent. The day camp is actually at the camp, so the kids come everyday and are on-site with us from 9am to 3pm. Some of the kids are a bit difficult at times but in the end they are really a lot of fun and they are teaching me more than I probably am teaching them, amazing how that works eh?
The conflict that I was experiencing at the start of the summer is nearly gone, it just doesn't bother me any more. There is one counselor who calls me a wacko Christian because I went to sonshine and other such things(Sonshine was amazing BTW). Basically I am a bit evangelical and this counselor disaproves, but its cool.
I am at Caribou right now. That is another decent thing about daycamps; we get the rest of the day to re-engergize after abouty 4pm, after some debriefing and planning for the next day we headed off into town last night and tonight. Tomorrow we will be hanging around and then Thurs. will be the banquet.
If anybody wants to call me this wee, you can, after 4pm I should answer and if not then I will shortly return your phone call. I am excited for all the things that God is doing in my life right now and all the things I know He will do. Keep me in your prayers and know that I am praying for all of you back home and miss you all a lot.
-Dean
Weds, July 11th
Written on Wednesday, July 11th
This week has really been hard for me. Kitchen crew was more difficult then I had thought it would be. I have really been going at ends with some of the people here, I am happy that this week is nearly over. God has really been challenging me this week through the trials of manual labor and trying to get along with others. I have probably complained a bit too much this week but also I feel there was a general lack of willingness to help at the start of the week. People have been trickling in to help us more the past few days. I am happy that I leave for sonshine tomorrow. It will be a welcome break.
I have been reading the bible at least a little bit this week and it really helping. It is hard to have time to think about what I have read but I will be taking some time at sonshine for myself I hope. I do a lot of hoping now and less concrete planning for my life, the only things that are concrete are the things that they plan for me here at camp, my life is clay in their hands sometimes and it is annoying at times, but it is just another thing in the challenge of the summer. I had a heart to heart with God tonight which was much needed. I had some authentic tears of humility and submission to my Creator, it has been a while. Thank you Father.
Well friends, I must go and pack for sonshine. Night
-Dean
This week has really been hard for me. Kitchen crew was more difficult then I had thought it would be. I have really been going at ends with some of the people here, I am happy that this week is nearly over. God has really been challenging me this week through the trials of manual labor and trying to get along with others. I have probably complained a bit too much this week but also I feel there was a general lack of willingness to help at the start of the week. People have been trickling in to help us more the past few days. I am happy that I leave for sonshine tomorrow. It will be a welcome break.
I have been reading the bible at least a little bit this week and it really helping. It is hard to have time to think about what I have read but I will be taking some time at sonshine for myself I hope. I do a lot of hoping now and less concrete planning for my life, the only things that are concrete are the things that they plan for me here at camp, my life is clay in their hands sometimes and it is annoying at times, but it is just another thing in the challenge of the summer. I had a heart to heart with God tonight which was much needed. I had some authentic tears of humility and submission to my Creator, it has been a while. Thank you Father.
Well friends, I must go and pack for sonshine. Night
-Dean
Sunday, July 8, 2007
Live Every Moment and Leave Nothing to Chance
Quick update then I'm off to bed...
I am doing much better about the disagreements and such that I had because of the passage in Romans 14 and such. Also, I am spending more time in the word(in theory).
I say in theory because I have been home since the 4th and am going back tomorrow. It was nice because I got to see Krystal this week, she was surpirsed to see me because she did not know I was coming home. It was a last minute choice for me to come home also, rather spur of the moment.
I traded off kitchen crew again last week because they needed another guy counselor for they had 8 more kids sign up for intro to camp. It was an amazing 3 days I had with those kids, I had a blast. Also, according to evals, they loved me. I really do enjoy working with little kids, it is an odd thing considering at the start of the summer it was the last thing I wanted to do. I think that it really shows how God has been working in my life.
I head back tomorrow morning and will be on kitchen crew for the week until Thurs. It is going to be a crazy week because there is something like 100 campers coming, so this week will be a lot of dishes I think. Oh well, I leave early this week because I am going to sonshine! I am so excited for sonshine. I get to see all my friends for 3 days straight and listen to some good non-camp music.
I am getting more meat though. I am going through Galatians on my own in the Message and NIV. I am just going to read through it a couple times these few weeks. I like the Message for this because it is an easy read and it is not too hard to sit down for 5 mins and just read a chapter. I am doing this at the advice of Greg M. It is working wonderfully so far, but since I have been home I have stopped.
Well, I just seem to want to go on and on so this seems like a good place to end it.
Overall, things are going good for me. Money is a bit tight, I am not going to be able to save as much money this summer as I had planned, but if things go as planned now I should still have some money to live off of at UWEC, I'll just need to find a job perhaps a bit faster. I am very excited to experience all God is doing in my life right now and I just ask for all of your continued prayer support.
Bye Friends
-Dean
I am doing much better about the disagreements and such that I had because of the passage in Romans 14 and such. Also, I am spending more time in the word(in theory).
I say in theory because I have been home since the 4th and am going back tomorrow. It was nice because I got to see Krystal this week, she was surpirsed to see me because she did not know I was coming home. It was a last minute choice for me to come home also, rather spur of the moment.
I traded off kitchen crew again last week because they needed another guy counselor for they had 8 more kids sign up for intro to camp. It was an amazing 3 days I had with those kids, I had a blast. Also, according to evals, they loved me. I really do enjoy working with little kids, it is an odd thing considering at the start of the summer it was the last thing I wanted to do. I think that it really shows how God has been working in my life.
I head back tomorrow morning and will be on kitchen crew for the week until Thurs. It is going to be a crazy week because there is something like 100 campers coming, so this week will be a lot of dishes I think. Oh well, I leave early this week because I am going to sonshine! I am so excited for sonshine. I get to see all my friends for 3 days straight and listen to some good non-camp music.
I am getting more meat though. I am going through Galatians on my own in the Message and NIV. I am just going to read through it a couple times these few weeks. I like the Message for this because it is an easy read and it is not too hard to sit down for 5 mins and just read a chapter. I am doing this at the advice of Greg M. It is working wonderfully so far, but since I have been home I have stopped.
Well, I just seem to want to go on and on so this seems like a good place to end it.
Overall, things are going good for me. Money is a bit tight, I am not going to be able to save as much money this summer as I had planned, but if things go as planned now I should still have some money to live off of at UWEC, I'll just need to find a job perhaps a bit faster. I am very excited to experience all God is doing in my life right now and I just ask for all of your continued prayer support.
Bye Friends
-Dean
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