After being offered the position of intern and then accepting it did not take Jon, the junior high pastor to ask me to go to Super Summer camp with a cabin of 5th grade soon to be 6th grade girls who would be in the youth group for the next couple of years. He wanted to get as much staff to welcome these new junior highers in as possible. This was a bigger task then I thought.
I met the girls first at the camps pre camp rally. Let's just say that I found out that I had my work cut out for me. But in everything God puts things in our lives to help us grow and hedoesn't give us anything that we can't handle. This was a verse that I had to keep in mind forthe next couple of weeks leading up to camp and continually as I was at camp. I honestly thought that going to camp was to get to know the girls and help them make the transition into junior high. What I didn't expect was to meet tons of new people in the Bethany church family who helped make me feel like part of the family. It was a true blessing to meet the other staff and to get to know a lot more kids then just the girls in my cabin. God's plan was far greater than I could have ever imagined. He took care of every fear and yet he challenged me so much. Not only was camp hard but when you lose your voice on the second day and your name is Cheryl Kay Krake, a person who talks a lot you find yourself in a bit of a problem. I had to learn to depend on my other counselor, which I think helped her grow too. God takes every experience and he uses it to show his glory. He has proven to me once again how good he really is.
Now that I am finally updating everyone on camp summer is officially on the way! God is really using this summer to teach me and I am excited to see what he has planned!
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