- So pretty much in January I was all sort of "I guess I want to work at camp." But as Camp got closer and closer I got more and more excited. And when I got to Camp the first day, I fell back into the turtle routine.(For those of you who don't know me/my personality around new people/ what "turtle routine" means let me explain. I'm a Lower Right(if I'm correct that means I'm task oriented and a follower), which means I'm introverted around people I don't know. August 08 I started to come out of my shell(in turtle terms), but when I moved to Ithaca I kinda went back in. When I got to Camp I was tempted to do the same thing. But then I thought to myself that if didn't come out of my shell, I wasn't going to make friends. So very slowly this summer I've come out of my shell and I've made a lot of good friends.
- This summer I've helped out Greg Howard, who does Greg's Games. We've played so many amazing games this summer its hard to cover them all. Some of my favorites are Zombie Island, Ring Of Death, and Pool Noodle Field Hockey.
- What started out as a snapping turtle Family week 1 has exploded into an entire nature center up in the chapel. We have had the turtle(which is still there), 3 praying mantids(plural of mantis), 3-4 small fish, at least a dozen Monarch caterpillars which have turned into butterflies, a swallow tail butterfly, 2 Luna Moths, 2 grasshoppers, and a few toads. It has been amazing.
- These last two weeks Greg and I have done a star ship type activity in/outside the chapel. We made helmets and made up names and totally had a blast. We used this program called Stargazer, which pretty much lets you go anywhere you want in the universe. It was totally epic!
- This summer I have filled an estimated 6000 balloons! I would consider myself semipro at this point.
- Thursday night several of the staffers, including Johnathon Wood, put Chip's golf cart in the gaga ball pit. It was a ton of fun!
- Last night Seth Blanchard,Mike Delio, some of the family camper teens, and I were out til 1 AM wrestling and arm wrestling. It was one of the most fun times I've had this summer.
- So far I've talked about a lot of stupid/ retarded stuff. Let me tell you something that really matters. This summer God has shown me his control. Whether it is controlling what king is in the throne or controlling which campers get saved, God's got it in the bag(a reoccurring phrase that I've used all summer). God has also taught me patience through other staffers. And through my reading in 2 Kings about Elisha, God has shown me that I don't need to be the best staffer, I only need to be following God and leaving the rest up to him. Its not about me! Its about God doing what he needs to do though me! That's what I've learned this summer! And I will never forget it. I might remember stupid stuff we did at Camp in 2010, but I will also remember that at Camp Lamoka God rocked my thinking and changed my mind and heart.
So that's what I've learned. It has been an amazing summer, and there's still one week left. I hope to keep growing even in the final stretch. Until then, Scott out.
