Oh that's a nice thought...

You know...it is one thing to "trust".  But we have been learning a whole new version of trust recently. It seems to me to be less of a "oh thats a nice thought" sort of trust, and more of a "this has to be true" sort of trust.  I know that God will take care of us.  I know that He has unlimited resources to provide anything we need.  Even just this summer He saw fit to give us a camper to call our own, significantly reduce the amount of expenses we were supposed to have this summer, provide generous donations to His work through His people, and the list goes on and on.  But will He provide how I expect Him to?  Many times not.  I am learning that faith and trust do not equal believing that God will take care of us the way that I plan He will.  Instead, I need to trust that God will take care of us...period.  I know He loves His Adam and I more than I will ever be able to understand, so everything He has planned for our lives is for the best.  Can I trust God this big?  Will my faith stretch this far?  By His grace we will walk forward in a faith that continues to grow every day. He is so incredibly good to us.

On the Road Again...and Again...and Again

The next three weeks of camp consisted of a day camp in Casper where we did camp for kids from kindergarten to second grade, a trip to Table in the Wilderness in Laramie where we did our highschool camp, and then heading to Denver, CO where we worked with the Denver Rescue Mission and also with Volunteers of America.

All three weeks we had some really exciting times and fun memories with the campers we got to interact with and also discovered that traveling in an old 15 passenger van with iffy air conditioning and no extra seats would try the patience of Job.  Needless to say that after being in such tight quarters for three weeks, we were glad to have some space upon our return to Rim Rock.  Although traveling was snug, we also had a bunch of fun with the campers and saw God working in some pretty powerful ways!

Here are some fun stories from each week:

At primary camp each day was loaded with different activities and one of the days we did a short hike up to a water fall on Casper Mountain.  Since all the of the kiddos were young some of them tired quite easily.  One such little girl had begged a ride from Adam, so he put her on his shoulders and continued to walk up the hill.  We stopped for a short rest, and Adam grabbed a water bottle and tilted it back for a drink.  Above his head, in this tiny girl voice he heard..."gulp, gulp, gulp!"  It was all he could do not to spew out the water from laughing!

At Highschool camp, there was a gal that came who was really not interested in getting to know anyone and wasn't super exicted to be there in the first place.  She stated that her therapist told her that it would be good for her to come.  Although she really didn't bond with other campers, she soon got very close to her counselor for the week and the very first night prayed to receive Christ!

In Denver we ran a VBS for kids the same age as our primary campers in Casper. It was one of my favorite parts of the summer, seeing them get engaged in the Bible stories we would tell and the verses we would learn.  By far, the best part for me was sitting next to a couple little ones and teaching them some simple rythums on a hand drum.  Being able to share something I loved and watching them pick it up and want to play over and over was so incredibly rewarding!

As a team we learned alot in those three weeks, working together, learning to deal with differences, and trusting God to work in our weaknesses.  It was an experience I would never trade for anything!