One Week

In exactly one week – to the minute – I will be settling in for the drive up to camp. Next week Wednesday Rachel and her Mom will arrive here about 11am and our hopes are to leave around 11:30.

It is hard to believe that the time to leave is approaching so quickly. This last year has been a long and hard one, while simultaneously flying by. SST 2008 seemed like yesterday in some ways and years ago in others so it is hard to fathom my return to SST for summer 2009 is so soon!

I have many things to accomplish before I leave and it is hard not to be overwhelmed by it all. From packing to spending time with my siblings to finishing the updates on my business website I have MANY things to do. I’m trying to finish most of them before Friday because this weekend will be consumed by graduations and the last two days before I leave will have a mind and to do list of their own. So I have two and a half days to finish at least a week worth of projects!

Prayer Requests:

~ Emotional, Mental and Spiritual Readiness. Right now I am struggling to be ready for the task ahead and feel very unprepared. Pray that God would prepare my heart for this task in the short time I have left and give me strength and peace as I enter into staff training. (This same prayer request can also be for the rest of the staff)

~ Productive use of time. That I would be able to quickly and simply be able to finish each of my “To Do”s without my sleep or relationships suffering.

~ That God would be preparing the hearts of the staff and campers for a summer of service to Him and that it would set a pattern for the rest of our lives.

Thank you for joining me on this journey! It’s about to get exciting. :)

The packing has begun....

Over the last week or so I have begun sorting through my camp piles from last year, piling up things for this year and going shopping. I leave in a mere 7 and something days and June 3rd is approaching fast!

This is my "camp tub" that I dug out of the basement storage room. I saved alot of stuff from SST last summer and was happy to find that I had alot less shopping to do (and alot less spending to do!) than last year - a great blessing!


Here's some of the stuff I had saved from last year.Me sorting through my stuff, happy to see that I already had so much stored away.

The growing pile in my room of "bring to camp" stuff along with a pile of purchases I made today (see white basket and contents).

I've got "the itch" to get the packing done and crossed off my list so that project is definitely underway as I try to also wrap up all my other projects and complete my to do list before I head off for the summer.