Young Life Camp

Pitt County Young Life has ventured to SharpTop Cove this week, a beautiful Young Life camp nestled in the mtns of Jasper, Georgia. I have had the privilege of taking my high school friends there on two separate occasions. Although I am sad that I cannot be there this summer, I have been thrilled this summer to be on opposite end and faithfully praying for all of my sweet friends who are doing the Lord's work this summer either at Young Life camps, some other camps, or various missions trips. My friends have been blessed with some amazing opportunities! Each week my inbox has been filled with people giving updates and asking for prayers at camp and have found it such a JOY to be able to think of them and pray that the Lord would do a great work this summer. This whole rant came about because I was looking at a blog for YL leaders that had just posted about life at and after camp. They made me smile. I know you other YL leaders out there will smile when you read these, too:

“Your voice is gone because you screamed too much and had way too much fun.”

“You won't go anywhere without a Nalgene filled with ice water, a bandana, and your dog-eared bible.”

"Half of your clothes are missing because all of your kids borrowed them."

"You have a horrible 1-piece tan line after Pool Olympics."

"You drink coffee at leader meeting every NIGHT."

"The skit characters' one-liners end up in your daily conversation for weeks after you return."

"You wash your hair 3 times after Western night, but still wake up with flour from the carnival caked in your hair the next morning."

"You feel the wind in the clubroom from all the highschoolers standing up for Say-So."

"You have bruises in places you never knew you had until after the obstacles course"

“You can't start your day without Honey Nut Scooters and CoCo Roos.”

“Everything you own is somewhere between damp and soaking wet.”

“The first three minutes of your fifteen minutes of silence is spent trying to get that new Bieber song out of your head.”

“You get tendinitis in your elbow from those 27 holes of Frisbee golf you're playing each day.”

“You don't bother washing your feet in the shower, since the shower is actually a swamp puddle of mud, hair, and wet clothing.”

“You're wearing a braided bandana on your wrist from the craft cabin.“

“You begin expecting dessert at every meal...and wondering why your pants won't button by day 4.”

“The camp speaker doesn't walk out of club after his talk. No, he crowd surfs.”

“You realize there's over $10,000 worth of Chacos on property.”



“I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes Him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from DEATH to LIFE.”
-John 5:24