Jamboree!!!!

Oh friends, it has been a fun week.  This week at camp, Northwoods is hosting Territorial Jamboree.  Basically what that means is that ten divisions from the Central Territory are camping at Northwoods for a week of fun.  We have people here from Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska and Kansas.  It is somewhere around 400 people on camp for seven days. Three of us counselors have been placed with the Northern Division (which is where Northwoods is) and all of the other counselors have been placed within the other divisions.  So far it has been great fun and I have met some really great people.  We have some incredible kids in the Northern Division.  Goodness, there are great kids everywhere!  I have also been able to see some old friends from last year and just have time to really enjoy this week.

Along with all of the other Jamboree participants, 3/4 of the Northwoods staff is tenting.  I didn't think I would enjoy it as much as I have so far.  The weather has been so bi-polar this entire week.  We have gone from blazing hot to cold to hot again this weekend.  It is bearable, though.  Audre, Mertie and I came prepared with an electric fan so that we could have some air circulation when it does start getting too uncomfortable to sleep.  Woot!  It's funny, but I have actually preferred tenting out this week.  I will, however, be very excited to see my counselor cabin again and have consistent showers.  

After that, we have four camps left and then we are done.  It is so bittersweet.  This has been such a great summer and I will be sad to see it end.  It's not over yet!  I plan to enjoy these next two weeks as much as humanly possible. :)  Being at Northwoods this summer has given me so much to think about and has really revealed places in my life that I really need to work on.  God is constantly refining and restoring areas of my life that I once thought impossible to see restoration in.  I have been able to redefine those areas using the truth of God's Word.  

It's been a wonderful summer. :)

Peace, friends.