Where I live

Yep, thats right, this is where I live. If you remember look at pictures from last summer, you will notice the upgrade in accommodations. Thank goodness because I couldn't have done that again. Knotty Pines was a little bit too small. hopefully a little more writing to come tomorrow.

Beginnings of a good summer

I don't have tons of time to write much. Things are going really well. I went to church on Sunday and was introduced to everyone. I have been staying with Melissa and Will Cooper so far. They are great and have been incredibly hospitable. We all watched Lost together Sunday night and if you are a Lost fan and didn't cry then you don't have a heart. I would say more, but I will wait until later in the summer after I re-watch it hopefully with a certain person. All I can say is that I loved it and it satisfied 6 years of commitment.

I am probably staying here on property for the first time tonight in my awesome trailer (pictures will have to come later tonight when I get better internet. I have really enjoyed being here. Right now my main goal is to help plan and write curriculum for our Encounters time. I will also play a large role in just coordinating our theme throughout all aspects of teaching and worship (kind of like what my role at Warren Willis was, but with not having to worry about games. After this stuff gets done I hope to focus more on the spiritual development of the staff and counselors.

It is amazing how much God has been working in my life lately. This is exactly the place that I am supposed to be. I miss Durham a lot and my friends there, but am excited to have this opportunity to sort out my calling. Thanks for the prayers you have all been praying. I really appreciate the support.

I need to get some work done, but just wanted to give a quick update.

Camp Don Lee

Well, its been forever since I have posted, but I figured I might get this going again since I am going to be away all summer. I'm not going back to the canyon, but like my blog title and figured I would just go with the flow.

For those of you who don't know I will be at Camp Don Lee in Arapahoe, NC for the summer. It is a United Methodist camp on the coast of North Carolina. Not quite the outer banks, but almost. I am really excited to be at the beach, but even more importantly I'm excited to be at a camp. It will be an interesting experience being at camp, but I don't think I will be able to call it "camp" because that is this wonderful place in Florida that has been a big part of my life and will always be the only "camp" for me.

This is my first official Field Ed. placement through Duke Divinity School and I will be serving at the camp for 10 weeks. My primary personal goal is to build relationships with the counselors and be a sort of chaplain for them. I want to be a person that they feel comfortable coming to when they need guidance, advice, someone to talk to, or just someone to hang out with. I'm really excited to be working with one of my best friends Hannah Terry and we will be living in back to back RV's. I am going to bring chairs and hopefully create some sort of hang out area by our RV's for people to just come and feel welcome to be themselves and relax.

I really don't know exactly what all I will be doing, but will probably be helping finish up curriculum and help out with programming. I will take part in leading morning devotions, worship at night, and with our Christian ed. time during the day. I am also connected with 2 churches that Hannah will mainly focus on and am currently planning on preaching a week from tomorrow to kind of introduce myself to everyone.

I could not have asked for a better placement this summer and am excited to see how God is going to work through me this summer. I am pretty nervous about starting and having to meet tons of people. I really enjoy camp and getting to know college students, but kind of makes me nervous just to have such an influx of people I don't know. It should be fun though. Please keep me in your prayers for the next few weeks. Camp doesn't start officially for a few more weeks. I feel incredibly blessed to have the opportunity to serve here.

More to come. Hopefully I will do a better job than last summer