Hume Lake Camp in Hume, CA…

Hello to all of you beautiful people!  I just got done with my first week at Hume Lake… and I must say that it has been absolutely amazing.  This week brought in over a 1000 students for Ponderosa, the highschool camp, and it was WILD.  Because I don’t have any pics of the place yet… I gotta fill you in.  Hume Lake is without a doubt the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen.  The days are nothing but cloudless blue skies with temperatures high enough to go swimming for the day.  Then right around 7 it starts to cool down… by the time 10 PM rolls around it’s around 60 and the sky is overwhelmed with stars.  It rocks here. 

 Another thing I gotta talk about is the staff here at Hume.  EVERYONE here so far has been some of the most encouraging awesome people I’ve ever met.  Each conversation I have here with someone, I walk away feeling refreshed, blessed, encouraged… and all of the above.  I’m definitely looking forward to having the privilege of sharing life with these folks for the next month.  It’s gonna be a blast.

 I can already see God doing huge things here just during the first week.  I was able to get to know several of the campers with whatever free time I had, and I can truly see them being molded and changed as the Lord continues to work on their hearts.  It’s so encouraging to see the small impact I can have on someone’s life just by spending time with them, talking with them, loving them.  It’s sad because all some of these kids want is someone to talk to.  I met a girl who has always struggled with feeling accepted.  In her family, school, church, she said she never felt good enough.  All that she had ever lived for was trying to be a people pleaser.  All I had to do was introduce myself and ask her how her week has been, and 5 seconds didn’t go by before she’s crying and starting to tell me her story.  All it took was me caring about how she’s doing and she says it changed her week and view of God, love, and people.  That blows my mind and breaks my heart all at the same time.  As insane as that sounds, I find as I talk to more and more kids with similar situations, it’s actually common.  I keep on learning more and more each day that it’s all about love.  Love God so much that His love pours out onto everyone all around you…that’s it people.  It has already been revealed to me that this month is going to be a major growing season full of these kinds of things.  I’m so freaking pumped!!

 I can go on for hours but it’s time to go visit some cabins.   I just wanted to briefly let yall know what’s going on.  I got a lot more coming so be prepared.  Missing you and praying for you all.

 

cheers

 

 

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