The race set before me

It's been a crazy week! But I'm learning, growing and praising God. The staff is unifying well and it is apparent that so much from this last year has prepared me to better handle this summer and staff relationships. I committed to actively working on my relationship with God - no more letting it slide, complaining, apathy, selfpity - nothing. I'm done. Pray for that (and that I get more sleep), but praise so much for all that God is doing!

God has really blessed me to place both my best friend and I on SST after a year of being seperated by hundreds of miles for school before she returns to Montana again at the end of the summer. When we first went to camp together in 1999 when we were nine we made plans to be on SST together and counsel together when we grew up, and ten years later God has placed us there together!

Cleaning out the C cabins - the bathrooms were put in this year and made a MESS, so I was on a cleaning crew.

Chapel!

Rachel in a Courtney sandwhich :)


Missionary Staff Dinner at Missionary Staff Member Tonya's. It was a great night of staff bonding and it was an ab workout for the week!

The view of our root floats from her sweet loft.

The Staff that went to Tonya's: Tonya, Jenna, David, Sponz, Me, Doug

I decided to try and to conquer round robin pingpong and though I failed miserably the first 5 times, the second night I not only made it through the first round but I one! lol :)


Me playing roundrobin in my skirt in the last round right before I won! :) This has been a great staff bonding for us all.

Working on staff skits. I have two parts - A date and a sin :). I'm also helping develop the new musical mime for this summer - which I can't tell you anything about cause it'd spoil it.


T-Dog, Jordan , David, Sponz, Jordan, and Dan working on fixing the docks during work projects.


Our staff bonding work projects reclaiming the waterfront. I was working on the crew at the far right.

Warming myself at the fire on the SST outing. I was wearing 7 layers but Wisconsin hasn't gotten the memo that it's summer yet so I was FREEZING.


Driving to the SST outing.

Hanging at the SST outing at Morgan County Park.


My ies!!!! LeeAnnah, Rachel and I hanging out.


Checking my chore schedule for the next day. Between normal training and my returning SSTer scheduled chores (returning SSTers have more to do during training) I've had no time to get anything done and I'm WAY tired.

PQTs on the dock


I had kitchen for my chore yesterday and didn't have my first break (between training and hours in the kitchen) since 6:30am until 7:00pm. It was a long exhausting day - but I made it and it was a good day (I was just super tired).



As you all know my theme verse for the summer is Hebrews 12:1. This week I found my prayer and heartcry for the summer and that is:

"¹⁰Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
¹¹Do not cast me away from Your presence
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
¹²Restore to me the joy of Your salvation
And sustain me with a willing spirit.
¹³Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners will be converted to You."
~ Psalms 51: 10-13