Alligators at my front door drinking hot chocolate

This last week has been one of the greatest of my life. it sounds so cliche but it is so true. Hume Lake 08 was amazing!

It was so different from any other camp I have been to. At all the others, I have cried atleast once if not more. Last week I didn't cry at all. We learned about theology which is almost emotionless. As a group we discovered who God is, why Christ had to die for us, and how important it is to live in community. I feel equipped to go tell the whole world. I'm not afraid because this is eternity we are talking about.

I met some amazing people and so many of my relationships grew. My cabin mates were great! Breanna, Megan, Bree, Ashley, Courtney, Chelsea, Alli, Lia and our fearless leader Katie. I love them all. I got to meet Leslie and she helped me fall in love with Liberty University. Our lizard Geico keeps us together and since Breanna and I tortured her all week we have friendship bracelets that signaled a truce. Tamara and I are convinced that we will make it to Liberty University some how some way. We want to be roomies! I spent a lot of time with Keira and Shannon and pretending to hook them up with hot Christian boys! They were kind of mad but it was super fun. And of course I can't forget Katie. We talk about everything and she treats me more like a Shepherd then just a sheep. Bean and cheese burritos and losing our suitcases. I know God taught us so much this week!

Our week was filled with an endless amount of pranks. Breanna and I are so sneaky. Here is a list of the thing we did and the things we took.

• Leslie's entire suitcase except for a pair of shoes, her sleeping bag, and pillow. Then her make up bag, perfume and lotion.
• Keira's sleeping bag, cell phone, laptop and power cord.
• Shannon's rainbows, wallet, cell phone, charger, and tylenol
• Megan's cell phone
• We put baby oil on Keira's cabin door
• We put pinecones in Leslie's bed and wrote "Silly Silly Leslie," "You are so naive," and "You mess with the bull, you get the horns" in shaving cream on Leslie's cabin mirror
• We put a fake lizard under Katie's pillow

After all these things the only payback we got was

• getting our cabin silly stringed
• having our sleeping bags and blankets hung on a tree and
• finding pinecones in our pillowcases

We are so good. Thats all I have to say. It was fun and I'm sure people got mad and were annoyed but it was a blast for us.

I loved getting bean burritos, sitting by the fire and singing worship songs, dancing like crazy during the Exodus concert, canoeing to slide rock and not falling and watching the sunrise over the mountains surrounding hume lake.

I've never felt this way before. I don't have a camp high but I have information; I have knowledge; I have examples. I have the stuff that other people will never know and I am blessed. Two amazing girls accepted Christ this week without the emotional appeal, simply because they KNEW that Christ is the only way. Their names were written in the book of life and at the end of this life we are going to be having a party in heaven together. Six girls were baptized in hume lake. I am so jealous. What an amazing place to show everyone the transformation that has happened in your heart.

I learned that things of this world are just stuff. Katie and I lost our suitcases on the way home and my first reaction was to cry and be so upset that I didn't have my clothes. Over the next few days I told God that it didn't matter, it was just stuff. I didn't need it because I needed to rely on Him for everything I have. Someone came up to me and told me that I can't take any of it with me and that is so true! After Katie and I both gave the situation to God and told him "your will be done" our suitcases showed up. They are in Flagstaff and we get them back on Friday. Our God is still of miracles and he never ceases to amaze me.

Life doesn't always work out the way you want it to, but God is steering my ship and that's all that matters.