Yesterday I got back from this summer's NNED camp. Our church brought a handful of teenagers and me and josh were on rec staff, which means that josh got to tell people how to play games and gave teams points while I spent every day with a video camera and every night editing footage. I've never not been a camper at a camp before. The perspective is pretty good.
My favorite part of the whole trip was watching the pieces come together. Here you have 30 or so individual staff members, all from different churches, half of which were college kids from Valley Forge on the band, and a guest speaker who you've never met before, and in the time between dinner on sunday night to lunch time monday afternoon, you have to all get on the same page and make a weeklong summer camp that actually works.
And it actually works.
Because even though you've never met half of those people before, let alone collaborated with them on anything, you are all already on the same page. Everyone was there for the same purpose, to see lives transformed.
Its encouraging to me that individuals from different backgrounds can have enough in common to get that done.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Half
Summer is half over.
This year of 2010 is half over.
I've read the entire Bible through twice so far. I've started a third time with the Message Remix 2.0. I love it. Its easy to read and challenges everything you've ever thought about the Book.
All of it flew by.
So far this summer has been nonexistant.
I started working 50 hours a week over two jobs. I'm making enough to pay off a little more than half my student loan from this past year. All of my personal belongings are still in plastic bins scattered around the house. I've been keeping my clean clothes in a laundry basket in the middle of my room. The last time I picked up my bass was 2 weeks ago. Most days i open my laptop for about half an hour to keep current on facebook before going to bed. I don't know where i'm living yet this school year. I hate paying five dollars a day for gas to go to work. I hate paying maine taxes and social security that will not exist by the time i can retire. Often i fall asleep in my chair at 10pm and wake up at 3. My alarm is set for 430am. I leave for work at 530 when i'm not late. This past week i started running a mile and a half in the morning. I think it makes me less tired during the day. 4 days of the week I don't get home until after 9, which is already past when bedtime should be.
I'm not looking forward to school. I have never in my life looked forward to school. Starting over trying to connect with people i've never met before is a real challenge for me. Especially considering the hit-or-miss personality i seem to have. But somehow I managed to only sign up for 15 credits, and I only have one class on tuesdays, in the late afternoon. For once i never have anything earlier than 10am.
I have not read anything other than the bible since winter break. I have a growing stack of books that i need to go through, some that i was excited to read 8 months ago. I have a growing list of books that i want to read but can't justify buying without first getting through some of the ones that i already have.
Got the new hillsong cd last week. They always all sound the same until you've listened to it over and over and over again.
I still really want prescription sunglasses. But I haven't found a pair of anything that looks good on me. I also have been unable to find any place that sells columbia eyewear, and I could really use a new pair of actually good regular glasses.
I've also always wanted a pair of kangaROOs shoes. That company stopped making shoes in April. I'm torn. Combined with the puma outlet store being closed for who knows how long, and i just now bought my first pair of new shoes since this time last year. Asics. blue. On sale. Just like every year for the past 4.
Last week i wrote a 21-text long text to myself so i could remember a thought that i wanted to blog about. I just re-read it and its depressing, so i probably won't post it. I wonder if its actually possible to measure progress.
This year of 2010 is half over.
I've read the entire Bible through twice so far. I've started a third time with the Message Remix 2.0. I love it. Its easy to read and challenges everything you've ever thought about the Book.
All of it flew by.
So far this summer has been nonexistant.
I started working 50 hours a week over two jobs. I'm making enough to pay off a little more than half my student loan from this past year. All of my personal belongings are still in plastic bins scattered around the house. I've been keeping my clean clothes in a laundry basket in the middle of my room. The last time I picked up my bass was 2 weeks ago. Most days i open my laptop for about half an hour to keep current on facebook before going to bed. I don't know where i'm living yet this school year. I hate paying five dollars a day for gas to go to work. I hate paying maine taxes and social security that will not exist by the time i can retire. Often i fall asleep in my chair at 10pm and wake up at 3. My alarm is set for 430am. I leave for work at 530 when i'm not late. This past week i started running a mile and a half in the morning. I think it makes me less tired during the day. 4 days of the week I don't get home until after 9, which is already past when bedtime should be.
I'm not looking forward to school. I have never in my life looked forward to school. Starting over trying to connect with people i've never met before is a real challenge for me. Especially considering the hit-or-miss personality i seem to have. But somehow I managed to only sign up for 15 credits, and I only have one class on tuesdays, in the late afternoon. For once i never have anything earlier than 10am.
I have not read anything other than the bible since winter break. I have a growing stack of books that i need to go through, some that i was excited to read 8 months ago. I have a growing list of books that i want to read but can't justify buying without first getting through some of the ones that i already have.
Got the new hillsong cd last week. They always all sound the same until you've listened to it over and over and over again.
I still really want prescription sunglasses. But I haven't found a pair of anything that looks good on me. I also have been unable to find any place that sells columbia eyewear, and I could really use a new pair of actually good regular glasses.
I've also always wanted a pair of kangaROOs shoes. That company stopped making shoes in April. I'm torn. Combined with the puma outlet store being closed for who knows how long, and i just now bought my first pair of new shoes since this time last year. Asics. blue. On sale. Just like every year for the past 4.
Last week i wrote a 21-text long text to myself so i could remember a thought that i wanted to blog about. I just re-read it and its depressing, so i probably won't post it. I wonder if its actually possible to measure progress.
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