Hey everyone, sorry I haven't posted much yet. I've been really busy with all my campers and activities. Just so you know, I love my campers and my job! They never stop testing me or just amaze me every single day with thier talent and things they say. I work at the barn 24/7 and if I'm not there, I'm spending my time with my cabin of 14 11 y/o girls. :) So far camp has treated my body with sunburn, friction burns to my calf muscle, cuts from metal, and just plain exaustion. But my soul with new words of encouragement and test at all times. I've been home just for a few hours to surprise my best friend (Molly Ann Henson) and to visit with family on Saturday 6/11. And to be honest, I wanted to be here most the time that I spent home. Crazy right? Yep, but I love it here. Every last thing about it. I may be tired, or get frustrated with campers, but I couldn't love my life anymore then I do at this very moment. <3
I'll share some stories tomorrow some keep checking back! Love and miss everyone! Well, not really Gadsden but the folks ;) Hope to see everyone soon
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Orientation/clinic
So over the past week and a half I've been up on Mentone on the mountain at CSR. The days of the clinic at Skyline were long and..well, I've never wanted to get off a horse in my life but, after 8 hours of riding everyday for three days..it gets old. Quick. We had to teach three lessons. One ground, and two riding. Lets just say I'm not the most organized teacher. haha. I come up with the best lesson when I don't come up with one at all! Though after all of that, I am now certified in level 1 intructor for both English and Western, as well as trail. Whoop whoop!
Skipping down...
Orientation. Where do I start?
It was hard to learn 90 girl's names! haha. Yes, 90 girls(plus myself) will be working at Camp Skyline this summer. Fun fun. Not only am I the youngest of the counselors, I am the only girl not in a sorority. Yikes.
So orientation mostly consisted of getting to know one another, games, training, and certifying CPR and First Aid. Yeah, I can totally save someone's life now :) haha. It was great and an amazing experience to say the least!
It's funny, I had been hired as the head for the horses, but ended up being second in comand(God wanting me to learn humility after I let my competitiveness get the best of me). I wanted my horse to come with me to camp, and someone asked if they could lease her to use at Skyline. I wanted to work there, and out of hundreds of applicants, never even been to this camp or met anyone, I was hired. God must really want me here!
I learned ALOT about how this camp runs, how to take care of campers, how to teach, and how to have fun, but nothing compared to my last night of orientation. I'm just gonna go ahead and say that I have never been on a prayer walk..in my life. And that's what we did our last night. We went around the whole camp, stopping at alot of places to pray for different things. We had four groups divided up going at different times to all the places praying. So literally, the camp was showered with prayers. It was amazing. The Lord was flowing right through me as i prayed, giving me the words to say.
As we got to the last spot for the night, I looked up at the sky. We were out in a huge open field used for circus. I've never seen that many stars before! It was beautiful. Then it came to my mind, something I had been thinking about since I got there. Why AM I here? I knew it was for a good reason. God had placed me here so obviously, I just needed to wait to see what comes next. Then my leader spoke. She said, as if reading my mind, "if you ever wonder why you are here, just look up." After that, I knew I was meant to be here. This summer is going to change my life.
Skipping down...
Orientation. Where do I start?
It was hard to learn 90 girl's names! haha. Yes, 90 girls(plus myself) will be working at Camp Skyline this summer. Fun fun. Not only am I the youngest of the counselors, I am the only girl not in a sorority. Yikes.
So orientation mostly consisted of getting to know one another, games, training, and certifying CPR and First Aid. Yeah, I can totally save someone's life now :) haha. It was great and an amazing experience to say the least!
It's funny, I had been hired as the head for the horses, but ended up being second in comand(God wanting me to learn humility after I let my competitiveness get the best of me). I wanted my horse to come with me to camp, and someone asked if they could lease her to use at Skyline. I wanted to work there, and out of hundreds of applicants, never even been to this camp or met anyone, I was hired. God must really want me here!
I learned ALOT about how this camp runs, how to take care of campers, how to teach, and how to have fun, but nothing compared to my last night of orientation. I'm just gonna go ahead and say that I have never been on a prayer walk..in my life. And that's what we did our last night. We went around the whole camp, stopping at alot of places to pray for different things. We had four groups divided up going at different times to all the places praying. So literally, the camp was showered with prayers. It was amazing. The Lord was flowing right through me as i prayed, giving me the words to say.
As we got to the last spot for the night, I looked up at the sky. We were out in a huge open field used for circus. I've never seen that many stars before! It was beautiful. Then it came to my mind, something I had been thinking about since I got there. Why AM I here? I knew it was for a good reason. God had placed me here so obviously, I just needed to wait to see what comes next. Then my leader spoke. She said, as if reading my mind, "if you ever wonder why you are here, just look up." After that, I knew I was meant to be here. This summer is going to change my life.
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