What's Next

In the last month, I have blogged less frequently than usual. This was to prepare you, reader, for my blogging schedule this summer. Not really. I just had less to say since I wasn't on a college campus anymore with lots of things to grab my attention. 


Tomorrow, I start my journey to Arrowhead Bible Camp. I am excited about this new part of my summer that I have been dreaming about since February and I am nervous. 


Have you seen the SNL skit with Zac Efron returning to East High to give a graduation speech about how the whole world doesn't sing and dance like they do in High School Musical? He says something like "On the first day of classes at college,  I was nervous but I was excited. So I sang a song called 'Nervous but Excited' and no one knew the choreography. They all stared!" Here's the link if you liked HSM or if you liked to make fun of it. 


Anyway, "nervous but excited" has definitely been my motto through this prep time. I've been in the process of packing for a month and it is stressful. Now that it's actually time to go, it's...weird.  


Arrowhead and myself have a long history together and my family's history there is even longer. My mom held the post of summer secretary when she was in high school. A lot of things have changed in me since the last time I was at ABC but I know that part of me that gets all squirelly and giggly when I pull onto the grounds is still there. 


I wish I could give the proper credit for this idea, but I can't remember where it came from. Sorry, whoever thought of this. I heard this year about how Evangelicals will tell you that God, or more specifically, the Holy Spirit, is everywhere. That's true, but that doesn't mean He is everywhere in the same way. 
As a kid, I remember Sunday school teachers telling me God could hear my prayer from the playground or my pillow or wherever I was. The idea that God is everywhere is comforting but it can be a little numbing. If God is everywhere, then is everywhere holy? Not really. There's not a lot holy about monkey bars.
 God is everywhere but He is especially in some places, like church. I know that God shows up differently in His house than He does at a bus stop. The same principle applies for Arrowhead. God shows up there differently for me. He is so real, so close, and so clear for me when I am there. Have you ever been asked to "find your happy place"? Mine is the fishing dock at Arrowhead. 


Even though I'm nervous to be going to camp alone and to be walking into a job I've never done, there are a lot of signs pointing to "You can do this" because I have God with me. 
As far as my schedule, I don't know yet when I can get to this blog and update it. I did not intentionally post less this month so you would get used to the idea, but it sure sounded like a proper strategy. I'm sure I will have lots to say (come on, it's me) and I'll keep you updated the best I can. Keep checking the blog, abcamp.org, and any other way you get in contact with me with the exception of my cell phone because there is little to no reception. 
Keep praying for me, the campers, and the staff that God will use us in whatever way He chooses. Catch you up when I can!