Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Is It Worth It?
Camp Teams 2007 is offically over for us and the feeling is very bittersweet. I (William) am glad to be going home and resting up for my trip to Taiwan in a week but my heart longs so much to go back and hang out with kids. Last Thursday, Levi left to go to Kansas City and get on a plane for his brother's wedding and the rest of our team headed back to Joplin the next day. I left yesterday morning for my 7 hour drive home (I live in Iowa).
During training week, my car was broken into and the radio was stolen, so my drive was without music. It was just me driving. I spent my time reflecting on the last 38 days and my future trip to Taiwan. For a good time, I spent much time complaining about:
--my health (i had a bad cough and stomach flu the last week)
--my exhaustion (38 days sleeping in my sleeping bag on mattresses not specifically made for comfort)
--my finances (being gone on my missions trip doesn't allow me to put some money away for next semester)
--my uncomfort (no need for explanation)
--the stinking rain!!!!! (i woke up on friday to the third day straight of rain with two flies on my knee--i think it's a sign...)
As I was whining and talking to God, I was getting more and more irritated and then at the moment I was the most irritated, I heard the Spirit say, "Isn't it worth it?"
I paused (but was still driving...).
Then I thought of all the moments I had in the last month encouraging kids to go home and shine like stars (Philippians 2:15) or talking to kids about the importance of purity or just being their friend that listened (because that is what I like to do). Through all the pain, all the exhaustion, all the discomfort, for one person to move in a different direction- a direction towards God and not themselves- it is worth it.
So, with this being my (william) final post on this blog, I ask all of you reading this:
What is it worth to give up everything?
To me, it is worth everything to give up everything.
Have a great summer!
During training week, my car was broken into and the radio was stolen, so my drive was without music. It was just me driving. I spent my time reflecting on the last 38 days and my future trip to Taiwan. For a good time, I spent much time complaining about:
--my health (i had a bad cough and stomach flu the last week)
--my exhaustion (38 days sleeping in my sleeping bag on mattresses not specifically made for comfort)
--my finances (being gone on my missions trip doesn't allow me to put some money away for next semester)
--my uncomfort (no need for explanation)
--the stinking rain!!!!! (i woke up on friday to the third day straight of rain with two flies on my knee--i think it's a sign...)
As I was whining and talking to God, I was getting more and more irritated and then at the moment I was the most irritated, I heard the Spirit say, "Isn't it worth it?"
I paused (but was still driving...).
Then I thought of all the moments I had in the last month encouraging kids to go home and shine like stars (Philippians 2:15) or talking to kids about the importance of purity or just being their friend that listened (because that is what I like to do). Through all the pain, all the exhaustion, all the discomfort, for one person to move in a different direction- a direction towards God and not themselves- it is worth it.
So, with this being my (william) final post on this blog, I ask all of you reading this:
What is it worth to give up everything?
To me, it is worth everything to give up everything.
Have a great summer!
Saturday, June 23, 2007
3 weeks down 1 to go...
Hey guys!! This is Amy. I can't believe that 3 weeks has already gone by. It seems like yesturday that we were at Camp Sooner...but it has almost been 3 weeks. WOW!!
Right now the team and I are at some Nebraska Furniture store....but this store has EVERYTHING.I am actually on one of thier laptops writing this....their computers in the store have internet. How cool is that?!?!?! Yeah, I know pretty cool!!! We aren't in Nebraska or anything like that. We are in Kansas City...well the Kansas side of Kansas City. We just went to Cabella's. That was the first time that I have ever experienced anything like that. It was pretty cool.
Here is some funny stuff that all of you I am sure would like to know. Today i petted a cow!!! It was the coolest thing ever. It was a little baby. Her name was Coco. THEN I got to ride in some thing that seperated the grain from the stalks. Ya know the movie CARS???? Ya know FRANK that chased the main character? It was one of those!!! SO COOL!!!! I will post some picutres when I get a chance. I think that all of you would like them. I also got to ride on a 4-wheeler for the 2nd time in my life. That was pretty cool. AND Rachel's Mom made us the most AMAZING home made pizza and cookies. yum yum. I liked them a lot. I will post picures of the day as soon as I can.
Last week was really good at West Central. We met some awesome students and staff. I am really excited to work with some of the same youth ministers again this week.
Well...this store is about to close in 10 minutes and I don't want to get yelled at. So until next time...
Good-bye Loyal Readers!!
In Christ,
Amy
Ps... I love you MOM!!!
Pss....I love you NAN!!!!
Right now the team and I are at some Nebraska Furniture store....but this store has EVERYTHING.I am actually on one of thier laptops writing this....their computers in the store have internet. How cool is that?!?!?! Yeah, I know pretty cool!!! We aren't in Nebraska or anything like that. We are in Kansas City...well the Kansas side of Kansas City. We just went to Cabella's. That was the first time that I have ever experienced anything like that. It was pretty cool.
Here is some funny stuff that all of you I am sure would like to know. Today i petted a cow!!! It was the coolest thing ever. It was a little baby. Her name was Coco. THEN I got to ride in some thing that seperated the grain from the stalks. Ya know the movie CARS???? Ya know FRANK that chased the main character? It was one of those!!! SO COOL!!!! I will post some picutres when I get a chance. I think that all of you would like them. I also got to ride on a 4-wheeler for the 2nd time in my life. That was pretty cool. AND Rachel's Mom made us the most AMAZING home made pizza and cookies. yum yum. I liked them a lot. I will post picures of the day as soon as I can.
Last week was really good at West Central. We met some awesome students and staff. I am really excited to work with some of the same youth ministers again this week.
Well...this store is about to close in 10 minutes and I don't want to get yelled at. So until next time...
Good-bye Loyal Readers!!
In Christ,
Amy
Ps... I love you MOM!!!
Pss....I love you NAN!!!!
Friday, June 22, 2007
Hey!
Hi guys! I miss all of you already! But, we are on the road again.... ;) On to one more camp, a Junior High group. I'm really excited to meet more campers and go to camp with them for week. Last week was so much fun, I met alot of campers who are going to be sending me mail LOL. I'm going to sing and dance so many times next week, it will not be even funny.... lol even tho i'm still laughing about it. :)Till later! - Becca :)
the last two weeks...
hey guys! it's william! sorry we haven't posted in a while, we've been away from an internet connection. right now, we are at Northside Christian Church in Warrensburg, MO. it's been a blast the last two weeks and i'll put more on the blog later on, see ya!
Saturday, June 9, 2007
My 2 Cents....
Hey Ya'll!! This is Amy. Today was our first day off. It was really nice to be able to sleep in and just hang out. I got to watch 5 episodes of Dr. Quinn (thanks goes to Susan!!)...and that was AWESOME!! Today Will, Rebecca, and I went to my house in Bentonville, Arkansas (about an hour away from Joplin) to eat some lunch and hang out. It was a lot of fun and we have a few videos from going that we will put up soon. I hadn’t been home in almost a month so it was good to be able to see my family and have a home cooked meal. Praise God for Mom’s that can cook!!!
Camp Sooner was really awesome. I have to be honest and say that i was really nervous because someone had told me that it was really rustic…and well if you get to know me I am the most non-rustic person known to mankind. Knowing that was really hindering me from getting excited about going but as soon as I got onto the camp my nervousness was completely at ease. It was not bad at all and I had a WONDERFUL week. I loved all the people that I met there and I was really upset when the week was over that I had to say goodbye to all my new friends. I can’t believe how time really does fly when you are having fun.
We are heading off to Pittsfield, IL tomorrow. I think it is about 5 hours away…but knowing how our team gets lost it will probably take us about 6 hours. The theme for this week is “Myspace”. I am REALLY excited to see how the week goes. I think that the theme is really unique and I know that the deans have worked really hard to make it the best week of camp ever.
I hope everyone enjoys the videos that we put on in our last post. We should be putting on some more whenever we get some time.
Thank you to all of our loyal readers and watchers.
In Christ,
Amy
Ps... This is a picture of all the camp teams that were at Camp Sooner
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