Hi hi!
Okay, I'll try not to make it too long...
Camp is AMAZING! I'm home on staff break right now till Wed afternoon. So I'm pretty exhausted! But God is doing sooooo much!! I've cabin led 3 weeks, and each week God has placed amazing, fun, awesome girls in my cabin! Wow...ya, I'm always scared that I'll get girls that I totally can't relate to, and who won't like me...but God plans better than that! God has blessed me so far with having no homesickness, division...etc. in my cabins - which is something I delt with a lot two summers ago at camp, so I am still in shock! Also each of my cabins have LOVED cabin devotion time! It's weird, frankly! And God is so faithful, because I go in with nothing (cabin devotions is a struggle for me because I'm not really good with words, I feel I can relate a bit to Moses in that regard!) yet God brings words and scripture to me - it's really cool - God's strength is made perfect in my weakness. And the girls are so hungry for Truth, and have so many questions and theyre so smart! God has been changing so may hearts at Eagle Bay - honestly it's incredible to sit at Friday's campfire and hear so many young people stand up and say that they have decided to follow Christ! WOW YAY GOD! Anyways, the staff is amazing too! I love them! Such an honour to be chosen by God to work with this group! Also my friend Maria is at camp too, and I've been getting to know her better and we have great talks - practicing my vulnerability! I've been learning sooo much too!
- I have a lot of fears that are not from God, and I believe lies about myself and i live in them because they are comfortable. so one girl encouraged me to write out my fears/lies specifically, find scripture that 'counter-acts' that lie, and write the verses in red OVER the lie/fear, then memorize the scripture. It's pretty cool so far, but takes a lot of time, so I'm still really working on that!
- I've been learning about prayer - like in Daniel when he is burdened to pray, but he doesnt hear from God for like 3 weeks, then the angel comes and tells Daniel that he set out on day one to answer Daniel, but he was attacked and engaged in battle for the three weeks until Michael came to help out! And the whole time Daniel kept praying. What wouldve happened if Daniel gave up and left? How many times do I give up and leave?
- This summer God has taken away a burden that I held on to for almost 2 years, and in that healed a friendship, which is so awesome!
- God has also been impressing on my heart the importance of knowing His Word in my mind and heart. It's hard for me to memorize scripture, but this Truth is a double edged sword - I need it for the battle! After all, when Jesus was tempted by Satan, it was scripture He used, and the Truth always wins over lies!
sigh theres so much more...we've been reading a book as a staff called "Waking the Dead" and it says that the glory of God is revealed in man fully alive. If I could get to the place of surrender so that I could leave the worldly "life" behind and be fully alive in the life Christ has given me - what a difference there would be! What if I really lived in eternity today? Also I've been thinking about joy. the joy of the Lord. It's an interesting thing to mull over! And I think God has let me experience His joy at times too, which is kinda new for me! wow i love camp. also ive been working on the climbing tower all summer - so much fun! and i was able to get my certification, and its super awesome! i see a new hobby in sight!
Okay, so I do have a prayer request!
- I'm going to be cabin leading three weeks in a row - the 7th onwards...usually they only let us do two weeks consecutive, then a week out of a cabin...but not this time! So i KNOW that there is NO WAY that I can give my all on the third week - i will be utterly exhausted, however i DO know that God can give me the strength, endurance, love, patience and all that IF I surrender myself to Him and let Him! Oh I'm scared I won't let Him! So please pray that God will 'take from me my life when I don't have the strength to give it away to [him]' (thats a song, thats why its in brackets)
So yes...I hope this made sense! So Im tired...so ta ta!
love you all!
Kailyn
Camp is AMAZING! I'm home on staff break right now till Wed afternoon. So I'm pretty exhausted! But God is doing sooooo much!! I've cabin led 3 weeks, and each week God has placed amazing, fun, awesome girls in my cabin! Wow...ya, I'm always scared that I'll get girls that I totally can't relate to, and who won't like me...but God plans better than that! God has blessed me so far with having no homesickness, division...etc. in my cabins - which is something I delt with a lot two summers ago at camp, so I am still in shock! Also each of my cabins have LOVED cabin devotion time! It's weird, frankly! And God is so faithful, because I go in with nothing (cabin devotions is a struggle for me because I'm not really good with words, I feel I can relate a bit to Moses in that regard!) yet God brings words and scripture to me - it's really cool - God's strength is made perfect in my weakness. And the girls are so hungry for Truth, and have so many questions and theyre so smart! God has been changing so may hearts at Eagle Bay - honestly it's incredible to sit at Friday's campfire and hear so many young people stand up and say that they have decided to follow Christ! WOW YAY GOD! Anyways, the staff is amazing too! I love them! Such an honour to be chosen by God to work with this group! Also my friend Maria is at camp too, and I've been getting to know her better and we have great talks - practicing my vulnerability! I've been learning sooo much too!
- I have a lot of fears that are not from God, and I believe lies about myself and i live in them because they are comfortable. so one girl encouraged me to write out my fears/lies specifically, find scripture that 'counter-acts' that lie, and write the verses in red OVER the lie/fear, then memorize the scripture. It's pretty cool so far, but takes a lot of time, so I'm still really working on that!
- I've been learning about prayer - like in Daniel when he is burdened to pray, but he doesnt hear from God for like 3 weeks, then the angel comes and tells Daniel that he set out on day one to answer Daniel, but he was attacked and engaged in battle for the three weeks until Michael came to help out! And the whole time Daniel kept praying. What wouldve happened if Daniel gave up and left? How many times do I give up and leave?
- This summer God has taken away a burden that I held on to for almost 2 years, and in that healed a friendship, which is so awesome!
- God has also been impressing on my heart the importance of knowing His Word in my mind and heart. It's hard for me to memorize scripture, but this Truth is a double edged sword - I need it for the battle! After all, when Jesus was tempted by Satan, it was scripture He used, and the Truth always wins over lies!
sigh theres so much more...we've been reading a book as a staff called "Waking the Dead" and it says that the glory of God is revealed in man fully alive. If I could get to the place of surrender so that I could leave the worldly "life" behind and be fully alive in the life Christ has given me - what a difference there would be! What if I really lived in eternity today? Also I've been thinking about joy. the joy of the Lord. It's an interesting thing to mull over! And I think God has let me experience His joy at times too, which is kinda new for me! wow i love camp. also ive been working on the climbing tower all summer - so much fun! and i was able to get my certification, and its super awesome! i see a new hobby in sight!
Okay, so I do have a prayer request!
- I'm going to be cabin leading three weeks in a row - the 7th onwards...usually they only let us do two weeks consecutive, then a week out of a cabin...but not this time! So i KNOW that there is NO WAY that I can give my all on the third week - i will be utterly exhausted, however i DO know that God can give me the strength, endurance, love, patience and all that IF I surrender myself to Him and let Him! Oh I'm scared I won't let Him! So please pray that God will 'take from me my life when I don't have the strength to give it away to [him]' (thats a song, thats why its in brackets)
So yes...I hope this made sense! So Im tired...so ta ta!
love you all!
Kailyn
posted by Anonymous at Saturday, July 30, 2005
3 Comments:
KAILYN!
heheheh Jesus is so wonderful!
oH It's so exciting to hear about how much you are learning, especialy the rock all part.....I think some Grand Adventures are just around the corner!!!!!
~Dotto!~
I'm so blessed to have such a great gal :) She also makes a rocking saskatoon pie :D yum yumm!
Kailyn!
I haven't talked to you in FOREVER! And everytime I'm geographically close, I seem to miss you by just a few hours! So maybe once we're both back into some kind of normal routine we'll be able to catch up. In the meantime I'm so blessed to hear how God's at work at Eagle Bay and in you! I'm just so excited to hear about everything He's been teaching you and showing you and can't wait to hear what happens in your next three weeks!
With Love and Prayers,
Julia
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