gnats galore!

It looks like the campers are in a competitive dance off. Arms flying, bodies moving. But they’re not dancing. The gnats are taking over, and the campers are in survival mode. The gnats are the worst, but there are tons of bees and mosquitoes to go alone with it. I’m thinking about taking a bath in 100% deet tonight to see if it’ll help this week.

Our job here as speakers is to lead “First Word” (the morning devotion), travel to all the work sites, visit the kids as they work, help out if we can, and build relationships in the afternoon. At night, we’re responsible for an hour of Bible teaching on the theme “Restore” using Micah 6:8 as our launching point. We’re leaning more toward Psalm 80 this week, but Clint (the camp director) has given us permission to deviate however we want from the outline they sent us. While out traveling from site to site we saw our first moose today! Eating in a pond, close to the road. So cute. I wonder if we’ll see any more. In the afternoon the kids are given rec time and have about 2 hours to jump off the zip line, rock climb, tube down the river, swim in the water hole, nap, slip-n-slide, etc. Today I got the chance to do the zip line. Scary stuff to think you have to voluntarily jump off the platform. They had to stop when I was done, so Kevin didn’t get a chance to go. Probably a good thing, because he would’ve made me look like a baby when he jumped gleefully off the platform. Supper next. Then we lead a closing prayer at campfire each night. It’s so fun being here with Kevin to do this together. He’s so gifted at working off the cuff and going with the flow. I’m learning a lot about how to lead with more flexibility. I’m thankful we can both learn here. I help bring out the organization/structure side of things (get power points ready, organize structure). We both talk content and work together to teach at night. I'm so thankful that we get to do something like this together. Teamwork!