"Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:"
I read romans 6 during rest hour today and these verses really have stuck with me... consider them. perhaps they will bless you as well!
Consider:
Am I freed from my sin? or am I still under its bondage... check out vs 7... IF I am dead- I AM to be freed. if I am not freed, am I truly dead??
that's it (: have a good day!!!!
soli deo gloria!!
Courtney
Monday, July 19, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Out of the Woods- soon.
Session 5- complete. believe it or not, (I don't) Camp is halfway over. It is absolutely mind-blowing for me. I feel like I've been a counselor forever, yet, my summer just started. I am going to be ready to be finished. I've had two difficult sessions in a row and my break between them I was sicker-than-a-dog.... add ten days of awful sleep and I'm about to drop. And of course I'm leaving at 6:30 in the morning for yfs camp to spend the day up there. awesome. (:
So I never got to report on sessions 3-5. all my photos from session three are on ash's computer and I've not had time yet to get them off of there, so I am going to wait on that one. It was a DD session and I had 6 guys with one other counselor. It was really easy and a TON of fun!! Probably the best session of the summer I'm guessing.
Session 4 I worked with another Courtney and we had 5 girls. Unfortunately, two of them ended up needing one-on-one care and we were stressed to the limit (well, a little beyond that). One of those campers ended up going home on Sunday (we weren't having any luck with helping her enjoy her time at camp) and that helped with the stress level and physical load, but it made me feel like a failure of a counselor!
Danielle and I in the pool... I think she's my most inspirational camper of the summer... I helped her stand in the pool for longer than she's ever stood before... doesn't seem like a big deal but she was so excited. and I felt like I'd helped her accomplish something really important to her... (If she could get strong enough to bear a little weight she could someday move out on her own, a dream!) she's on a few years younger than I, yet we identified so much. We spent a lot of time together just talking and she really impacted my life a lot.
One day we went hiking so this is all of us... It was a grand time! (and I finally learned to use the timer on mom's camera lol we all wanted in the photo...)
carrying campers across the San Lorenzo River... before it's much of a river! (:
Ben and I with another of my campers, maria. she was the only camper there over 25 yrs but she still was a lot of fun to be with! never too old to have fun right?
And this is Anya... I didn't get to spend the time with her that I wanted to because she left early, but she was the cutest lil thing and LOVED to do the hokey-pokey...
Fourth of July we had a grand celebration and it was alot of fun! Baseball...
Beautiful Jane (: She was so sweet and loved hugs... made me happy (:
JB. joseph benjamin. joeseph. DoubleB. he-nurse. All the campers love him and so... (: he got ice water dumped on his head... (: along with Justin, one of the assistant directors.
2nd batch of whip cream over camp... at least it was limited to the face this time! (;
Danielle and Olivia, two of my campers... making cookies one morning (:
Me with our other awesome nurse, Theresa... she's from KS City and a TON of fun (: our camp grandma, but she wouldn't let us call her that! she left after this session... we're missing her like crazy!!
I got this green skirt a year or so back... when I was packing to come I was like oh I'll just stick it in. I have no use for it, but maybe it'll do me some good or something... so I did. I haven't worn it once. But, we were getting ready for the dinner and dance at the end of session 4 and I had dressed Danielle all up and got "dressy" myself. Olivia kinda had a sad look in her eyes and was like, I didn't know we dressed up. I wish I would have brought something... Suddenly it dawned on me that I had that skirt and I was like hey you can wear this. It thrilled her!!! she was so so excited and thanked me over and over. I may not have had a purpose for it, but it seems perhaps God did...
with Olivia at dinner
so that was my session four... it was a lot of fun with the girls, but take exhausting, add some drama with other staff, a couple sleepless nights, a night with the other counselor puking... yeah I was glad to see it end. Only to end up sick Wednesday morning with grandma and aunt Cindy & kids at the beach. pretty much all of the staff members got it... so irritating! (: but at least I was with family (I hate being sick AND alone) and it was break, not when I was to be caring for campers... thank God for healing! got back, woke up Thursday morning feeling a bit better and jumped right into this session...
which details of it will be at a later date... I'm in Modesto AGAIN! (: headed up to camp tomorrow... I absolutely cannot wait to see people from home... it's good to see people from around here, but there's no place like home!! and if I can't get home, bring it to me! (: so yeah! my Modesto trips are grand times... I jump in the car with the lifeguard, Alison, and head to Millbrae to the BART. I take the BART to Pleasanton and get on a bus to Modesto and aunt Cindy meets me there!
car ride- 1.5 hrs. free
bart- 1.5 hrs. $13
bus- 1.25 hrs. $28
Worth- priceless....
it takes much longer than driving would, but it's so worth it!! well, I must be back up in 7 hours and I still have a dip in the pool to get... have a good week ya'll!!!
soli deo gloria! Courtney
So I never got to report on sessions 3-5. all my photos from session three are on ash's computer and I've not had time yet to get them off of there, so I am going to wait on that one. It was a DD session and I had 6 guys with one other counselor. It was really easy and a TON of fun!! Probably the best session of the summer I'm guessing.
Session 4 I worked with another Courtney and we had 5 girls. Unfortunately, two of them ended up needing one-on-one care and we were stressed to the limit (well, a little beyond that). One of those campers ended up going home on Sunday (we weren't having any luck with helping her enjoy her time at camp) and that helped with the stress level and physical load, but it made me feel like a failure of a counselor!
Danielle and I in the pool... I think she's my most inspirational camper of the summer... I helped her stand in the pool for longer than she's ever stood before... doesn't seem like a big deal but she was so excited. and I felt like I'd helped her accomplish something really important to her... (If she could get strong enough to bear a little weight she could someday move out on her own, a dream!) she's on a few years younger than I, yet we identified so much. We spent a lot of time together just talking and she really impacted my life a lot.
One day we went hiking so this is all of us... It was a grand time! (and I finally learned to use the timer on mom's camera lol we all wanted in the photo...)
carrying campers across the San Lorenzo River... before it's much of a river! (:
Ben and I with another of my campers, maria. she was the only camper there over 25 yrs but she still was a lot of fun to be with! never too old to have fun right?
And this is Anya... I didn't get to spend the time with her that I wanted to because she left early, but she was the cutest lil thing and LOVED to do the hokey-pokey...
Fourth of July we had a grand celebration and it was alot of fun! Baseball...
Beautiful Jane (: She was so sweet and loved hugs... made me happy (:
JB. joseph benjamin. joeseph. DoubleB. he-nurse. All the campers love him and so... (: he got ice water dumped on his head... (: along with Justin, one of the assistant directors.
2nd batch of whip cream over camp... at least it was limited to the face this time! (;
Danielle and Olivia, two of my campers... making cookies one morning (:
Me with our other awesome nurse, Theresa... she's from KS City and a TON of fun (: our camp grandma, but she wouldn't let us call her that! she left after this session... we're missing her like crazy!!
I got this green skirt a year or so back... when I was packing to come I was like oh I'll just stick it in. I have no use for it, but maybe it'll do me some good or something... so I did. I haven't worn it once. But, we were getting ready for the dinner and dance at the end of session 4 and I had dressed Danielle all up and got "dressy" myself. Olivia kinda had a sad look in her eyes and was like, I didn't know we dressed up. I wish I would have brought something... Suddenly it dawned on me that I had that skirt and I was like hey you can wear this. It thrilled her!!! she was so so excited and thanked me over and over. I may not have had a purpose for it, but it seems perhaps God did...
with Olivia at dinner
so that was my session four... it was a lot of fun with the girls, but take exhausting, add some drama with other staff, a couple sleepless nights, a night with the other counselor puking... yeah I was glad to see it end. Only to end up sick Wednesday morning with grandma and aunt Cindy & kids at the beach. pretty much all of the staff members got it... so irritating! (: but at least I was with family (I hate being sick AND alone) and it was break, not when I was to be caring for campers... thank God for healing! got back, woke up Thursday morning feeling a bit better and jumped right into this session...
which details of it will be at a later date... I'm in Modesto AGAIN! (: headed up to camp tomorrow... I absolutely cannot wait to see people from home... it's good to see people from around here, but there's no place like home!! and if I can't get home, bring it to me! (: so yeah! my Modesto trips are grand times... I jump in the car with the lifeguard, Alison, and head to Millbrae to the BART. I take the BART to Pleasanton and get on a bus to Modesto and aunt Cindy meets me there!
car ride- 1.5 hrs. free
bart- 1.5 hrs. $13
bus- 1.25 hrs. $28
Worth- priceless....
it takes much longer than driving would, but it's so worth it!! well, I must be back up in 7 hours and I still have a dip in the pool to get... have a good week ya'll!!!
soli deo gloria! Courtney
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