So I have been here in Williamsburg for a little less than a week and I am absolutely in LOVE with my job! I love being with these girls and getting to know them. I love running into families and talking to them, and then later on they come up and want to talk with us about things. I LOVE seeing fourteen year old boys with manners who say "yes ma'am" even though I'm only a few years older than they are. This job is amazing. It's exhausting, yes, but it's well worth it.
God is definitely working in our staff. We are all so close already. We love each other and we're breaking down walls already in order to be there for one another. We already have inside jokes (hints the "what's my name again")--and we have a lot of fun joking around and hanging out when we can.
Yesterday was my day off and I spent a lot of my day reading. I was able to take a nap and then I spent a lot of time in 1 Corinthians. It was really great to be able to spend time with God, and not have to worry about going in to work. I work today 1-9 and then I'm off again tomorrow and I am pretty sure tomorrow I'm going to spend time off the camp site reading and spending time away. I can not begin to explain how much this job is already changing me. Please continue to pray for us. God is definitely our energy here when things start to get tough--but overall, we have an amazing job doing what we love...bringing God's people closer to Him. =)
May 27, 2009
May 24, 2009
1 day down...and already injured!
Heyo! I arrived in Williamsburg Friday evening and I must say I fell in love as soon as I got here. I love this camp ground. I love my co workers. I love love love how God is already working! Friday night we had a flashlight peanut hunt for the kids on the camp ground. It was SO MUCH FUN to see these kids joyfilled expressions as they hunted for PEANUTS. Haha. It's like "O Okay Peanuts" but no...these kids are like "MOM! LOOK! PEANUTS!"--it's awesome.
Saturday morning we awoke and did an activity again. We helped the kids make beaded neclaces and braceletts. We had such an amazing turn out and I realize how open I was already being with the parents and the kids about talking about God with them. It was so awesome. I worked yesterday 1:00-basically 11:00. I was supposed to get off at 9:00 but then Rudy and Myself helped Matt with bathrooms. There's nothing like cleaning up bath houses on a camp ground and everything's going smoothly, then all of a sudden a toilet decides to overflow and there's urine filled water all over the floor. YUM! Haha. Rudy and I had to clean up the snack shop by the pool yesterday which took quite a few hours because the shop hadn't been opened in a year. There was DUST everywhere!
Now...how did Brittany manage to get injured? I'm a clutz. That's how. Haha. I'm hoping yesterday is not a sign of what's to come for me. I left from eating dinner in our office and I apparently missed the bottom step leaving
the office and tripped. Let's just say I bled for about a mile as I went back to the pool to find the first aid kid. Of course I WOULD be the one to get hurt the first day on the job. It's okay though, I am def surviving and filled with the Joy God has given me. Today I work again at 1:00 at the snack shoppe and there will be activities going on around again. An Ice cream social at 1:00....games at 4:30...a movie at 8:30....all of which I will miss for work but I am here to shine the light of Christ and THAT is what counts. I can't express how, as tired as I already am, I am ENERGIZED by my heavenly father. Here's to the next two months!
Saturday morning we awoke and did an activity again. We helped the kids make beaded neclaces and braceletts. We had such an amazing turn out and I realize how open I was already being with the parents and the kids about talking about God with them. It was so awesome. I worked yesterday 1:00-basically 11:00. I was supposed to get off at 9:00 but then Rudy and Myself helped Matt with bathrooms. There's nothing like cleaning up bath houses on a camp ground and everything's going smoothly, then all of a sudden a toilet decides to overflow and there's urine filled water all over the floor. YUM! Haha. Rudy and I had to clean up the snack shop by the pool yesterday which took quite a few hours because the shop hadn't been opened in a year. There was DUST everywhere!
Now...how did Brittany manage to get injured? I'm a clutz. That's how. Haha. I'm hoping yesterday is not a sign of what's to come for me. I left from eating dinner in our office and I apparently missed the bottom step leaving
the office and tripped. Let's just say I bled for about a mile as I went back to the pool to find the first aid kid. Of course I WOULD be the one to get hurt the first day on the job. It's okay though, I am def surviving and filled with the Joy God has given me. Today I work again at 1:00 at the snack shoppe and there will be activities going on around again. An Ice cream social at 1:00....games at 4:30...a movie at 8:30....all of which I will miss for work but I am here to shine the light of Christ and THAT is what counts. I can't express how, as tired as I already am, I am ENERGIZED by my heavenly father. Here's to the next two months!
May 14, 2009
Oh Love me!-and right now-HOLD ME TIGHT!
So I realize I haven't actually "blogged" in a while. I've been busy...and I've lost interest in writing. The past few weeks have been really hectic. They have been very busy with finishing school and just trying to keep my sanity. I can't begin to explain everything that has been going on in my life, but I can only say God is faithful and He loves me despite my down falls. I've struggled with all my might and tried as hard as I could to ignore God, and yet He's stayed right by my side...and gently whispered in my ear until I finally heard Him.
Next Friday I am leaving for Williamsburg, VA and I will be there until July 31st working with an organization known as "Summershine". It was started in 1979 by Pastor Chris Thore and it has blossomed in the past 30 years. I will be employed by the Kamp Ground of America (KOA) and will be working as a "summershiner" in order to Shine Christ's love throughout the camp site. I will be working along side 8 other people in order to make Jesus known to the people who are staying on the campsite. I am so excited to see how God is going to use each of us. We have a great team of people who have somewhat already grown close in the past few weeks. We had orientation in April and I have talked to a lot of the other staffers in the past few weeks. The assistant Activities Director and myself have already grown extremely close...I know that God is going to use us all in magnificent ways this summer. My patience will most certainly be tested but with God by my side I will most certainly perservere.
Tonight the assistant Activities Director told me to read Psalm 119:83-104. I won't post all of it but I will say that the jest of it is talking about God's great love for us. Through trials and tribulations God's word stands firm. Through everything going on in our lives...God is always there. When we feel like we've been knocked down and we can not make it anymore, God gives us that extra boost of energy to keep going. When we are being tested...God loves us enough to help us pass. O what a MIGHTY God we serve!
Next Friday I am leaving for Williamsburg, VA and I will be there until July 31st working with an organization known as "Summershine". It was started in 1979 by Pastor Chris Thore and it has blossomed in the past 30 years. I will be employed by the Kamp Ground of America (KOA) and will be working as a "summershiner" in order to Shine Christ's love throughout the camp site. I will be working along side 8 other people in order to make Jesus known to the people who are staying on the campsite. I am so excited to see how God is going to use each of us. We have a great team of people who have somewhat already grown close in the past few weeks. We had orientation in April and I have talked to a lot of the other staffers in the past few weeks. The assistant Activities Director and myself have already grown extremely close...I know that God is going to use us all in magnificent ways this summer. My patience will most certainly be tested but with God by my side I will most certainly perservere.
Tonight the assistant Activities Director told me to read Psalm 119:83-104. I won't post all of it but I will say that the jest of it is talking about God's great love for us. Through trials and tribulations God's word stands firm. Through everything going on in our lives...God is always there. When we feel like we've been knocked down and we can not make it anymore, God gives us that extra boost of energy to keep going. When we are being tested...God loves us enough to help us pass. O what a MIGHTY God we serve!
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