Last week was Belay Youth Ministry's week at Camp! I know that sometimes it is difficult for the counselors at Camp Geneva having some of our kids the first week, but I also know that all of the students that were out there last week had a great time, and their lives will be forever changed. It is so fun to see the progression of the week, Monday morning they are hardly awake and really don't know if they are going to like this and by Saturday they are exhausted from all the fun that they have had and don't really want to go home! My favorite is to watch them do the Challenge Island Activities. I love to see the sense of accomplishment when they reach beyond what they thought they could do. While I was out on the island one day watching the climbing, one of the girls came up to me, and I could just sense that she was soaking it all in, she said "Kate, you want to know something, we are Women of the Word!" I thought cool, and then she kept going, "God made us beautiful on the inside and out, and HE thinks we are beautiful and that's all that matters!" Her counselor looked at me and I could see tears in her eyes. Being made and remade by God and I know this girl was experiencing that last week.
I can't help but think about Grandma Jackie this time of year, Flag cookies are out, I saw the flag tootsie rolls, and all the fireworks displays around! I also thought about her Saturday night as the Tigers played SO BAD, and then on Sunday when they had their own HomeRun Derby in New York, she would have loved that! I am looking forward to hanging out at Abby's next weekend, playing with the kids at the beach, making guacamole, and hanging out with Family, it's ALWAYS a good time!
