Hey y'all! (Our cabinmates were from Texas and they used "y'all" a lot so I'm just going to keep throwing it around like I've been saying it all my life) But anyways... I woke up this morning, sleep deprived in the best way possible, and really missing some good hearts. That's what Young Life does to you. You make some insanely incredible friendships with people from all over the world for a week, and then after that amazing week is up, you head back to your hometowns. It's sad but a blessing at the same time. You make connections with people through Jesus and it's just so amazing. I can't even fathom on how amazing and incredible it is.
This year, I had the opportunity to lead at Young Life. Emily and I both led for Union County since we both went to a Young Life camp in high school (Timberwolf). It was a completely different experience being a leader than it was being a camper and honestly I liked being a leader more. I like knowing what's going on and what's going to happen later in the day. Campers don't know what's going to happen or what they're doing the entire week, and our girls that we led were such troopers when they didn't know what was going to happen throughout the week.
Emily and I had an amazing experience since we both knew all the girls that we were going to lead this past week. We all go to the same church and we all grew up together. I was hesitant about being a leader in the beginning because I was nervous about getting to know the girls and opening up to them about my relationship with Jesus. Young Life is almost a give and take camp. You have to give yourself to Jesus during the week and take away the memory of Him. Throughout the week, I opened up more of my relationship with Him and my struggles to my girls. By the end of the week, we were all so moved by everything that the speaker, Steve, talked about and what happened during Club, we were all sobbing.
For Young Life, we were invited by Talawanda High School, which is where I graduated from. Since Union County didn't have a boy leader, we combined our boys with Talawanda's boys and as the week went on, their relationship with one another was so incredible. For the girls, Talawanda and Union County had enough girls for two cabins, so Em and I didn't have a chance to really connect with them. But in our cabin, we were put together with some people from Waco, Texas. All of our girls built incredible friendships with them and it was amazing to see how well they got along together and how they would sing together in Club. It was just a blessing to get put together with some incredible girls.
Okay, enough talking! Here are my Young Life pictures!
Day 1: Club
Day 3: High Ropes Course, Country Night, Carnival, Dance (The Night That Never Ends)
Day 4: 5 mile loop Hike up to the top of a Mountain, Horseback Riding,
T-Shirts, Ryan Long Concert
Emily and I had an amazing experience since we both knew all the girls that we were going to lead this past week. We all go to the same church and we all grew up together. I was hesitant about being a leader in the beginning because I was nervous about getting to know the girls and opening up to them about my relationship with Jesus. Young Life is almost a give and take camp. You have to give yourself to Jesus during the week and take away the memory of Him. Throughout the week, I opened up more of my relationship with Him and my struggles to my girls. By the end of the week, we were all so moved by everything that the speaker, Steve, talked about and what happened during Club, we were all sobbing.
For Young Life, we were invited by Talawanda High School, which is where I graduated from. Since Union County didn't have a boy leader, we combined our boys with Talawanda's boys and as the week went on, their relationship with one another was so incredible. For the girls, Talawanda and Union County had enough girls for two cabins, so Em and I didn't have a chance to really connect with them. But in our cabin, we were put together with some people from Waco, Texas. All of our girls built incredible friendships with them and it was amazing to see how well they got along together and how they would sing together in Club. It was just a blessing to get put together with some incredible girls.
Okay, enough talking! Here are my Young Life pictures!
Day 1: Club
Day 2: Folleyball Game, Swing, Rodeo, and Barn Club
Day 3: Cards, Pool Olympics, the Blob, Entertainment Night
Day 3: High Ropes Course, Country Night, Carnival, Dance (The Night That Never Ends)
Day 4: 5 mile loop Hike up to the top of a Mountain, Horseback Riding,
T-Shirts, Ryan Long Concert
Day 5: Journaling, Nascarts, Smoothies at the Sippee, Rock Climbing,
Swing, Christmas in June
Day 6: Last day : Best Camper (Milkshake Eating Contest), Cards, Club
Sorry y'all for the super long, photo heavy post! Happy Monday!
