I am home from camp. I just returned from 4 weeks at calvin crest and it was wonderful, painful, hurtful, joyful, time of learning, time of healing, time of growing, time to be vulnerable, time to develop friendships and make new ones, time of figuring out who the heck i am, and time to become more intimate with my savior. it was good and hard. i loved it and eventhough i struggled it was good. i counseled jr. high girls the first week, high school the second, and the last two i worked doing primarily events stuff, but kitchen and accommo as well. i really love spending time up there.....today was my last day.....it was hard to say good-bye, but i am excited to go back to school. Calvin crest is more than just a place i enjoy....it is a place where i am at peace, where i seek refuge, where I am most myself, where i meet Christ most intimately, where I hear God's voice most clearly. i know that it's not the only place where God works, I know that God speaks everywhere else, I know that i can spend time alone w/ God elsewhere....Calvin Crest is my special place though. I am thankful for growing up there and that I not only accepted Christ as my Lord and Savior there, but I've grown in my faith and walk there. people, nature, etc have all been used by God as instruments to my growth. Thank you Lord for this place. I am excited to return to school, but i will miss spending time at home each week and spending time in the mountains. GOd has been so faithful to provide this summer and really my entire life. I love that we are given hindsight and can look back and see all that GOd has done. Thank you those of you who have been instrumental in my life....THank you Lord Jesus for not only willingly dying for me but for continuing to seek after me and loving me despite my many faults and failures. i am blessed beyond belief. and for now i am going to go sleep....it's been a long day. i love you friends, brothers, and sisters. goodnight!