Walking into Spiderwebs

This week is shaping up to be better than I thought.

Kent, Eric, Ann and I met this morning to discuss the schedule and brainstorm the theme. I'm really excited about it. We're calling it Reflections - it's going to be centered around how we are created in the image of God.
Our verse is 2 Corinthians 3:17- 18.
" Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit."

I love this idea. Under this theme we're going to break the devotionals down into how our service, sacrifice, suffering, community, and worship reflect God. I'm really excited to talk about the things we've mentioned... there might even be mention of "sex" (why'd I put that in quotations?) in a way that acknowledges how real of a temptation it is to the kids we're working with this summer. I hope God can really work through this theme to reach out to every one who is hurting and lost.

Other enjoyable moments of the day:
Eric, Ann and I are eating our meals together. At breakfast, we eat in silence- not on purpose, but coincidentally and comfortably silent. By dinner, we're laughing and asking random questions of each other. I've really come to value sharing a meal... I could turn this into some sort of Eucharist analogy, but I really just want to recognize how much I've learned about Eric, Ann and myself. I think we work well together, and we've grown closer over the past 3 days.

The three of us also finally walked the Mt. Shepherd Loop trail with Kent. It's one of the more fun things I've done since I've been here. The trail had some bad blazes so we spent a good portion of our time marking new trail... or finding a new route between blazes... We even got lost and after taking two and a half hours to hike three miles, we found our way back to camp. It was fun... and I think we're going to make the counselors find their way out too.



Now, if I could get rid of this cold, I think things will be okay- at least for the week. The counselors arrive on Sunday. I pray they're a great staff. I'm tired of bossing around chinchillas.