Despite the typical bumps in the road, this camp is going really well. From what I've seen the campers are really enjoying themselves. This is something that is hard to remember during camp week. It doesn't matter how stressed you are, it doesn't matter if everything (in your mind) is going wrong. The only thing that is important is that the campers, the people that have planned for this all year, that raised all this money, all to have an amazing camp experience serving people of this community and Jesus.
It's hard to remember this because we get tunnel vision on our specific positions or we focus on the negative. We forget to remember that there are friendships being formed here, or that there are lives being changed. This is why we do this camp. We don't do it to run an office or handle a database. We do it to show these teenagers that there is more to the world than themselves...and sometimes it's good that we on staff remember that.
It's been a long two days. Hospital visits, and humidity did me in. I woke up this morning for our daily liturgy and the exhaustion from the entire summer hit me and I became so tired. I could barely keep my eyes open and wound up bringing myself to take a nap.
However, these participants are not exhausted. This is their week and they are really working hard and enjoying it despite setbacks back at the facility or on the site.
God bless,
Catherine
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