hello world wide web!!! i disappeared for a while but I am back and better than ever
SO many things have happened since I last posted -- all things that have rocked me & shaped me & changed me
I've emerged from those struggles joyful, a feeling I had been missing for a while
the end of this school year came and went...I honestly don't know what really happened I was stuck in a state of numbness
of all the terrible horrible no good days I had this year, summer has been full of days that were quite the opposite
I had the opportunity to go serve @ laity lodge youth camp & MAN did God move there tremendously!
We studied the book of James & cleaned dishes & had dance parties & blobbed & laughed & cried & hugged & told life stories & napped & got lice & called our bosses Mom and Dad & had a rodeo & ate corpus christi cake & took out the trash & watched eight yr olds whip & played what are the odds & shoved ppl in the sink & went on sneak outs & stole cookie dough & spread the Gospel & played cards & talked about teen teaching & got sunburnt & developed cc's & killed centipedes & explored a cave & rode highway 83 & basically just loved on each other for five wks straight
Who would have thought cleaning dishes & mopping the floors for 8 hrs a day with 14 other girls could be so freaking fun?!? s/o to the awesome relationships i got to form i already miss them (its been two days)
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| baes |
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| blue hole |
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| exploring |
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| tiny girl in a big world? |
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| we heart the cooks |
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| two am fun |
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| rodeo |
list of things i learned
1. GOD IS GOOD! - whatta truth I had forgotten
2. HUMANS ARE STRONG AND RESILIENT - life stores proved that over and over
3. HEALING HAS NO TIMELINE - it isn't something I have to do alone
4. COMMUNITY IS SO IMPORTANT - hold each other accountable and point each other in the right direction
5. HAVE A HUMBLE HEART - oh wait, i'm not the center of the world
6. GOD HAS A BRILLIANT PLAN FOR US - wouldn't have ended up at camp without it
7. APRECIATE THE LITTLE THINGS - those moments make up the best memories
8. FURTHER HIS KINGDOM - it's our responsibility so get on it
9. RADIATE JOY! - there's more smiles and laughter in the canyon than the rest of the world combined
10. LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL - I have a happy year ahead
I swear it's a little slice of heaven on earth
til next time,
-ellie
