La Vida - Week 4 & 5(ish)

What am I supposed to write about this past two weeks? Other than it was rather heartbreaking at times. It's been tough because even though I'm at a camp based on "missions education," I can feel the apathy slipping into my thinking.

Don't take me wrong. It's been wonderful working at a camp. But I have slowly let the anger and frustration build up. I have been known to bottle my emotions up, and letting go of them is so hard. My prayer is that God will continue to break me.

I got a letter from my best friend at camp this week. I cried while reading it. I'll admit that. One...it made my day so much better. Two...she shared something really important with me. It was a reminder that I can't take the "little" sins in my life so trivially. It was a good reminder that I needed to let go of the anger.

As of right now, I'm sitting at my brother's apartment down in Myrtle Beach. I can see the sunset. It's beautiful. What more can I say? I would take a picture, but that certainly wouldn't do it justice (and my brother is in the way).

I did have a good story for you all. We had a mother-daughter weekend last weekend. And one of the little girls had just finished up 1st grade. God used this little girl to humble me so much. I had to lead a hike at camp, and I wasn't expecting people to show up. Just my luck...six people did. So, we finish the hike, and the little girl's mom says, "Why don't you show her your dream house?" Oh, by the way, this girl journaled everything down.
Anyways, she opened her notebook. It was a five bedroom house. She had a bible study room, a bible library, a bedroom, a bathroom, and some other room. She told me that she had twelve beds in the bedroom for the people that didn't have a home. They would stay with her, go through the Bible library room to get a Bible, go have Bible Study and then sleep. I asked her where the kitchen would be. She told me that she would be using her sister's kitchen.
I was impressed.
I was humbled.
Just think about it for a while.