snow, recruiting, snow, winter meltdown, snow!

well in the past week and a half there has been more snow to go around for the whole winter! we ended up having to cancel our 3rd weekend of winter meltdown and move it to a later date in march due to 30 inches of snow we got that weekend! it wasn't so bad being snowed in at the ranch with everyone else.. we had games and community meals and some time to play in all that snow! after a weekend of relaxing and being stranded i headed down to liberty with the recruiting team to try and recruit some summer staff. it was a great week and great experience for my passion to grow in camp ministry. we were there from monday to friday. talking and standing are more exhausting than you would think! there were times when 4 interviews were going on at once. it was nice to sit in on a few interviews and see how it's done. i got to see the burg again and visit with some good friends.. for the first 2 nights i was blessed to have stayed with a couple that i met a little over 4 years ago at liberty. we actually worked together at sandy cove for 4 summers as well. it was so fun staying with them in their cute house. the next night i got to stay with my pastor and his wife. first donna and i grabbed some dinner and then headed to our church's ladies Bible study that i haven't been able to attend for a long time.. it was a breath of fresh air. i do miss liberty, softball, the burg, and discover church, but i really just miss the relationships i made there.. i am convinced it's the only downside to growing up and moving away.. the relationships are still there just not face to face..after our last day of recruiting we jumped back in the van and drove back to RVR where an hour later we kicked off our 3rd weekend of winter meltdown. talk about being tired.. yeah, my eyes are heavy as we speak.. haha since we have close to 3ft of snow on the ground we had to cancel our outdoor activities..BUT we ended up having basically a huge snow festival.. i was curious as to how it would look, but it was so much fun.. we had a snow man building contest, a snow cone station(the kind you eat), broom ball on our frozen pool, football games, and tubing!! while i was in lynchburg the rvr staff created 3 tubing paths on our massive hills here at the ranch.. it was soo much fun and so fast!! i stood at the top of the paths watching people walking up the hill, people tubing down, and people laughing at the bottom of the hill and it brought me so much joy seeing people enjoy their time. that's one of my favorite things about camp ministry. we just ended the weekend a couple hours ago and i believe like every weekend it was a huge success.. some more children came to know the Lord.. what could make a weekend more successful?? nothing..

during the recruiting trip i figured out what i will be doing this summer. i am going to be the teen adventure camp girls counselor.. it's somewhat weird for me to picture myself being a counselor after 4 summers of experience in other fields, but it is a humbling one as well. i know it will be tons of fun, i just want to make sure i stay positive and open to what the Lord may want me to learn. when i say humble myself i am not saying that about being a counselor, but humbling myself dealing with my own selfish thoughts. i know the first lesson is to humble myself, be less selfish, and follow...

beth.