so i'm seeing a trend here. all of my blog posts are done around 1 in the morning while i'm procrastinating on school work. well i am currently doing all the above so it seemed a fitting time to write. plus i haven't shared with y'all my incredible news.
I GET TO SPEND MY SUMMER AS A SENIOR COUNSELOR AT CAMP CEDAR CLIFF!
guys. i absolutely cannot contain my excitement. God obviously knew what he was doing because i have had so much positive affirmation that i'm supposed to be there this summer. it is the wildest thing. and to top it all off: ethan got a job at cedar cliff too! so that means I GET TO SPEND AN ENTIRE SUMMER SERVING WITH MY BROTHER! like whaatt? this can't be real life!? am i really going to get blessed that much? obviously god had immeasurably more planned than i could ever ask for!!
let me just tell you how faithful god has been throughout this process. cause if you don't know, He is unbelievably faithful. ethan encouraged me to get an application this past september. so i got one but honestly, i only did it for him. i wasn't into it at all. i really didn't think camp was going to be my summer. so i kinda filled it out, kinda didn't. lots of time passes and i forget all about it. around the beginning of february, i get a call from ethan. he frantically tells me to get all of my application in because they have an interview day that coming saturday. around this time, i had just been told that i couldn't go to africa so i was feeling a bit wounded. i didn't want to be home in columbia all summer (sorry mom & dad) so i finished the packet and sent it in.
i get a call from CCC the very next day. "hey hannahbeth. we got your packet and if you can, we would love for you to come to the interview day this saturday with ethan." as i listen to this voicemail, im starting to get a little anxious. it's tuesday and they want me to come saturday? i didn't even know if camp was going to be my thing. long story made a little shorter: ethan couldn't go to that interview day so i had to go by myself. my anxiety now is through the roof. so i went all the way to asheville..by myself..at 7 in the morning. but guess what happened while i was there?
i fell in love with camp.
everyone was amazing and so welcoming and i felt like i had found a home there. then all i had to do was wait. again, god is so faithful and everything fell into place for me to be able to go to camp.
this past week, we got all of our paperwork to make our employment official. honestly, i have never been happier to fill out paperwork in all my life. i got it and started working on it right away. but as i was looking at it, the reality of what i was signing up to do started to sink in. what was i doing? i have never been a camp counselor before. i don't know how to be a counselor. what makes me think i could be a counselor for these kids? still feeling anxious, i go to the library to work on homework. after i got there, a guy that i know at school comes over to my table. he works at winshape camps during the summer. he comes over and just starts telling me all about his camp experience. he tells me all about leading kids to christ and how much it has changed his life. not even ten minutes after that conversation, another guy i know from school comes over to my table. he has worked at seesalt for several summers. he starts telling me all about his camp family and how the people he met at camp are people that he stays in touch with to this day. he tells me all about how camp has changed his life and how he wouldn't be where he is now without camp.
so right about now, i'm looking at god saying "okay i realize you have me going to CCC for a reason. and it's not going to be me. it's going to be all you." but the story doesn't end there (even though i'm pretty sure you are wishing it did).
i get back to my dorm room and get on facebook and i have a chat message from one of ethan's counselors from last summer. he is going to be on staff again this summer and he asked if i was excited. at this point, i am floored by god's greatness and faithfulness. to already be seeing future community in my camp family is definitely more than i ever imagined.
needless to say: i think i am ready to be a counselor this summer. not because of me, but because i know god's got this one. he is going to be there every step of the summer and i cannot wait to see what he does with it.
