Mom: Hello?
Property Staff: Hi, is this Kristi Harkson?
Mom: Yes it is.
Property Staff: Hello, Kristi. This is the Property Staff from Wildhorse Canyon. We just wanted to call you regarding your son...
Mom: Oh no, what did he do?
Property Staff: Well, he and some other boys from his cabin decided to sneak out late last night.
Mom: (nervously) Uh huh...
Property Staff: They snuck out in the middle of the night, took the motorized go carts and decided to chase deer around the property while they were completely...well, naked.
Mom: (in such a "mom" way) Oh my.
What else do you expect from an 8th grade boy having the time of his life at summer camp? Nothing, I guess. Though youthful freedom may have been taken to the extreme by my brother, it was just a reflection of the essence of camp--to retreat for a week into a world of adventure and recreation, relaxation and...chasing deer in the buff.
This week I am headed to that very same camp, Wildhorse Canyon, where my brother was busted for his mindless tomfoolery and general disruption of the peace of local fauna. Except I won't be joining a band of incautious boys. I will be taking a group of lovely 8th grade ladies from Waluga Junior High. And I am thoroughly excited!
We leave this Thursday morning--myself, my co-cabin leader, Britta, our eleven girls, and the rest of the Lake Oswego Young Life gang--herding into over sized buses to venture south for a life-changing week of excitement, thrills and an expectancy to encounter God.
Here's where you come in. Would you please pray for us? I have only met four of the eleven girls in my cabin and I have yet to know their individual stories. It will be a week of introductions and a week of breaking-the-ice big time spiritually during our allotted "cabin time" where we will discuss the evening talks of the camp speaker.
The past month I have felt overwhelmed on just what to pray for regarding these girls. They come from all walks of life and most of them are complete strangers to me. Today the Lord was reminding me not to enter the week with fear or worry, but to go forth with gratitude in my heart. Gratitude and expectancy for what He is going to do. Praise and thankfulness for what He has already done. I have been so reassured by Romans 8--continually reminding me that when I don't know just what to pray for, the Holy Spirit takes care of it by praying for me. I know that if we lift these girls up by name in prayer, God will give us an abundance of reasons to have even greater gratitude and praise.
So here are their names...
Sam
Madeline
Dani
Gwen
Emily
Katie
Jenna
Chandler
Shelby
Mikaela
Paige
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
(Ephesians 3:20-21)
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ReplyDeleteHopefully your time was eventful... but perhaps not THAT eventful.
Hope to see stories on your blog soon :-)
I'm pretty sure your brother is a genious. They really stress leadership at this camp, but I might try to get away with this next year. My only real dilemma lies in the fact that I didn't come up with that on my own.
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