At this moment, I am sitting in my favorite coffee shop in Cadillac, MI looking out the large, storefront windows at Lake Cadillac. A storm is rolling in which, in all honesty, is cramping my style today because I wanted to get my car washed. However, watching these dark "thunderboomers" as we called them as kids slowly make their way over the lake is rather majestic. It is times like these that make me want to sit down and have a deep conversation with an atheist about his/her assurance that no greater being exists. How can you see something such as this and say "yep. nothing other than some molecules causes things like this to happen"? Anyway, let's get back to why in the WORLD I started a blog!
As I snagged my favorite table in the whole place, I took my journal and one of my favorite Sharpie pens out of my bag and had all good intentions of writing because I have not done so in quite a while. However, as I stared at my journal thinking of where to even start, my mind began to wander and I heard myself saying, "I can type so much faster than I can write and writing makes my hand hurt." I know these are just excuses and my friend Jennifer, who told me I should view journaling as a work of art, would be none too pleased with my lack of desire to write but I decided to blog. Besides those initial excuses, here are a few other reasons:
1) I can send this link to my family members whom I have neglected when it comes to communication.
2) If I know other people are reading, maybe I will "journal" more often.
3) Maybe I will get picked up by some major publication and become a freelance writer.
Well, the first two reasons are true and the third is a mere figment of my imagination. I enjoy writing every now and then but I don't think I would ever be a freelance writer. I was simply thinking of the movie "Julie and Julia"!
Life up here has been an exciting whirlwind. We are a little over half way through the summer at Timber Wolf and I am finally feeling like I have a grasp of what it looks like to be a member of the Guest Services team during summer camping. However, putting all of that into words would be an incredible challenge because our duties change every five minutes. Most of my days at camp are spent getting props and other items together for the events we run as well as answering requests by the program team. However, we could also drop those things in a minute to respond to a medical emergency on camp or simply to walk someone to a building they are looking for. I love that my job changes on the fly and that I am constantly reminded that without Jesus, I would not have it!
Another big piece of my job is leading my interns (who oversee the Ropes Course, Zip Line, Climbing Wall, and all of the sound/program equipment) as well as the Summer Staff (post-high school month-long volunteers) and Work Crew (high school aged month-long volunteers) in running rides and setting up for events. Because a big part of my personality is rooted in leadership, getting to lead is fun and rejuvenating. I am contemplating ways I can lead this fall, winter, and spring both in my job as well as in the community because I had no leadership responsibilities last school season and it became a bit draining.
I believe I have written enough for one day! While I have so many other things I could write down at this moment, I will save them or maybe write them in my own journal. I will leave you with this picture from yesterday. I was relaxing in my hammock by Lake Missaukee (the lake in Lake City that I live 2 blocks from).
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