After all, no South Dakota winter is complete without a mid-March blizzard. Although, the wind really isn't strong enough to classify this as a blizzard, but we are getting a substantial ammount of heavy, wet snow. This whole week has been crazy for weather, what with the thunderstorm during chapel Tuesday morning (complete with hail) and sunny spring temps Thursday and Friday. Today's snow started while we were in church and is supposed to keep going well into the night. I'm not looking forward to walking to the library for work tonight. On the bright side, nobody else will want to come either, so I should have a nice quiet shift at the writing center.
OK, now that I've got that out of my system, we can turn to something a little more important. Allan was preaching at church this morning, and I can't see Allan without thinking about camp. Actually, I saw several people today who made me think of camp (that happens a lot at First B). Reed gave me a hug before the service, and we ended up sitting by a family from family camp (I already forgot the name, I'm terrible with names). Anyway, all these encounters turned my thoughts back to a place I've been a lot lately. I think God wants me to be a counselor out at Camp Judson this summer. Allan was all excited when I mentioned to him that I was thinking about it, and Cathy Shock (my counselor the last two years I attended youth camp) keeps telling me what a good counselor I would be. Sometimes I'm not so sure. I've never done this sort of thing before. Would I be able to answer their questions? Would I be able to really connect with them? I want to be able to share God's love with them, but I'm afraid. So I'm asking for prayer. Pray that God would make it clear whether I should do this and that I would have the courage to carry it out. The timing is also an issue. If I counsel at junior camp, I'll miss all of the Arts Festival and won't be able to help mom with her booth. If I go to either middle or high school camp I won't be able to go to Sonshine. Right now it seems like I'm supposed to go with the high schoolers, but that's the group that scares me the most. Do I have the experience and the insight to deal with the questions and problems they'll have? I just don't know. Please pray for me.
-Kim
Librarian, You're a grand old
11 years ago
2 comments:
beyond the comfort zone, eh? That's where God seems to do his best work (according to recent Kevin data).
I think you'd make a great counselor, whichever age group you end up with:)
If the weather weren't crappy here, we'd have all kinds of loosey California like people living here!
As for your camp situation- you don't know how you will work for the Lord sometimes, if you feel you want to be there, or you should be, than do. God will spread his word through you no matter what choice you have, you influence so many the way it is now. I will say that I will be upset if there are no summer salad bar visits with Audrey though.
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