Half way point.

I can't believe that this summer is over halfway over! It seems as if I just got here! These past two weeks have been rather rough for me; last week, during girl's camp, I had a girl named Renee. She had an attitude, she would occasionally decided she just didn't like this activity and just quit or refuse to even try to participate. She basically fought me and the other staff tooth and nail to do her own thing. But what she wanted was attention, and the only attention she had ever gotten was negative attention. The only way she new to get attention was to act out. I tried my hardest to give her as much positive attention as I could, but sometimes it was just hard!

Also there was Nicole, she was as sweet as could be, but she considered herself to be ugly. She didn't have extraordinary feminine features, and she was insecure about that. She didn't have any friends because she moved schools frequently and thought herself socially awkward. But by the end of the week she had not only found a friend with Renee, but also found a friend in Jesus.

This past week, during boy's camp, we had two young men in our devo group. Nathan and Tommy. Nathan told us on Monday that the only reason why he came was because his mom made him. By Thursday afternoon he told me he was going to miss us all and that he didn't want to go home. He was very self destructive, he scared me to death Monday saying that he had broken all these different bones and then he told me he was wanted to break a leg this week while he was here (thank God he didn't). Funny thing is: by Tuesday night he would give me a hug before he went to bed, the unloved felt loved!

Tommy, on the other hand, was a completely different story! He was Bipolar and ADHD, that wasn't bad, we had other kids who had the same thing and it wasn't a problem... Tommy's thing was he thought he would never be able to function without his meds. So that caused issues, he thought that when he was in a certain mood he could not get out of it until he had been given his meds, had eaten, or slept. He was another child who had only gotten negative attention and also needed constant attention. If you were not interacting with him at all times, he would fight with the kids sitting around him. I pray that some of what was taught to him got through to him, because he would not pay attention to the devos or the lessons or the adventure rec debriefings. But he was a very loving young man, he absolutely adored me and Leanna, and I loved some of the things he would tell me. For instance, Wednesday he asked me when we were going to spend time together again. What he meant was when was 1 to 1 time when the two of us would play games and do activities together. He loved it, cause he had my full, absolute attention for an hour and a half.

Keep praying for the camp, this upcoming week we have girl reunion campers. Which means I know all the kids that will be coming! But there will be 15 campers, myself and the other Sarah will be staying in a tent with about three of the kids.

Thank you all for the prayers, and all the support.