This month, we had our second round of Extreme Camps! I volunteered to help out again and was planning on assuming my position as a facilitator. I knew what to do as a facilitator I was comfortable and prepared for what I would have to do with that job. However, God had other plans for me. On the first day of camps about an hour into registration I get a phone call that says to get to registration as soon as possible I was going to be a camp counselor. I was nervous, I had seen how exhausting and challenging being a camp counselor can be, but I couldn't have been blessed with a better group of girls! These girls made my experience easy and a blast. They didn't complain they stuck together and respected not only me but they respected each other. I poured all that I had into these girls and tried my hardest to make an impact. At first, I didn't know if I was doing much other than being a friend along the way. Most of these girls had been to extreme camps at least once before, they probably knew more than I did as far as how things work here. They were all girls that love the Lord so it wasn't as if I had people who didn't know anything about Jesus with me. I did what I could do to love them and be there for them throughout the week. It wasn't until the last day of camps that I began to see a little fruit of my labor. Our last night together was a powerful and vulnerable night where we talked about our identity in Christ and what God says about us. That night, I was able to see walls come down in some of the girls life, I got to see them pray for each other and love each other through that. A week later, I was able to see how God really used me that week. One of my girls was back on campus for her mission trip and she brought me a gift from her and two of the other girls in my group. The most precious thing (even though quarters for laundry was awesome) was a journal they gave me and inside the journal they had each written me notes. These notes almost made me burst out in tears. God showed me through their words the impact that I had made. God really used me that week to minister to their hearts and to love and care for them!
