Faith Revived

We started out this week with the first half of our camp ministry course. It was a great way to prepare and focus for the weekend to come. Unfortunately I found the test really hard and now find myself wondering if I should really be serving here at camp as a counselor. However by the end of the week I'm pretty sure all the knowledge I had attained from Monday and Tuesday had fled from my brain and I began to doubt that I could do this weekend counseling a cabin full of 9-11 years old. Friday came around and the kids eventually came flooding into Pacific Woods Lodge. There was excitement all around but I was just nervous and tiered. I found out I was counseling by myself which was a new challenge for me and I wasn't sure if I could make it through the weekend. It was Friday night the first night and I was with my cabin of kids sitting at Q-town which is in club coco just for retreats and I was hit with peace and joy. I was excited to see what would be the stories that come out of this retreat. I looked at these girls that God had placed in my life and wondered how I could effect their lives. I had an amazing group of kids, they all got along well together and our favourite activity to do as a cabin was to play grounders in the dark in our room. We had so much fun even though we didn't get good sleeps because of one particular girl who snored as loud as my dad and some of the girls slept in the bathroom to escape the noise. Also I don't particularly like swimming but this weekend I knew I had to because I was counselling by myself and I knew that the swimming pool would be a golden opportunity to have conversation and fun with campers. I was blown away at the results of hanging out and playing in the pool with the kids. I had two girls in my cabin who seemed like they weren't having much fun and didn't smile and at the pool I would see them and sneak up on them and they would crack a smile and the next day when they left on the bus one of the girls actually started to cry. I have never had a camper cry because they don't want to leave. It made me wonder why she didn't want to go home I guess I will have to find out another time but it broke my heart to see her like that and it brought me joy to know she had a good time at camp. It was such a good weekend and I was so blessed by it. I feel like I needed that weekend so God could revive my faith so that I would be so aware of Him and reminded of His work and power.