Wow:
Life is full of strange twists and turns.
Currently I am sitting on a piece of crap mattress, on a bunk bed, at a CONSERVATIVE BAPTIST church camp. I know! I never saw it coming either. I'm a HUGE fan of contemporary EVERYTHING! I mean, for crying out loud--I go to The Crossing! It's the most contemporary church you can possibly find in a 200 mile radius of where I live. If you would've asked me a short 6 weeks ago what my summer plans were I would've told you that I was going to try to get a job working in Quincy at a computer company. However, one night I was joking with my friend, Lorri, who told me she was going to work at a church camp for the summer. I said, "You should hook me up with a job as a lifeguard!" I was TOTALLY joking. Two days later I get a call from the manager at Camp Manitoumi by Peoria. I jumped at it. At the time I was having some friction with some close friends and needed some time away from home.
I've already made it through 3 weeks at this camp. I'm here for 9 weeks! This week we have RUSSIANS. I know, right! RUSSIANS?! I'm not exactly sure how they came to be at this camp, but this week is going to be interesting to say the least. Many of them don't speak English. I have to use an interpreter at the pool to get on people for running and hanging on the rope!
At first I was loving the fact that I was finally getting away from my normal Bowen/Macomb life. However, the day I left for camp I had a hard conversation with one of my good friends I was mentoring from Macomb. He's had a tough life and really just wants someone to be there and care. I feel like I've failed him by leaving. When I visited back home last weekend, he and I had another hard conversation in which he showed signs of rebelling against me. However, I texted back and forth with him today and I think he's doing a little better.
A couple other of my friends from high school are really scaring me. I know college changes people, but wow... These two jumped off the deep end! My heart breaks everytime I hear from them and they tell me about how much they threw up the night before at some party or something. And everytime I start a serious conversation about CHANGE, they say: "Well after this summer I'll start living a Christian life again."
When I get done with camp on August 8 I have a lot of stuff coming right up. I have a wedding for a great friend of mine on August 8. A week or so ago I was offered a paid job on staff at The Crossing. I was offered the Head Tech position in Macomb. I also interviewed to be an RA in the residence halls at Western. The interview went very well, but as of last Friday there are no open positions. Also these two awesome opportunities God has given/laid on my heart are slightly conflicting... If I'm selected to be an RA I'm supposed to only work 10 hours a week. If I accept the Tech position at The Crossing, I'll be working at least 15-20 hours a week. And once evey 5 weeks I'll have to work 30 hours a week... I've wanted this position at The Crossing for quite awhile. I'm not sure what to do about all these options, but I know whatever happens God had willed for my life. It'll work out.
Right now it's late. I'm breaking curfew. And I'm VERY exhausted! I have a long day tomorrow of yelling at Russians who can't understand me...!
I miss you all!!!
God Bless
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