Staff Worship

Staff worship is probably either the best or the worst time of the day. Since Rick has been up since 5 am and we need to pack a lot into the day, it's usually at an ungodly time of the morning. I usually stumble in, just barely able to keep my eyes open even tho I've already had to be up for a half hour.

Song service is always the first thing on the agenda. Songs are usually on the upbeat side to try to wake us up. There's walka walka, in which Rick (who is wide awake) tries to kick chairs on purpose, while the rest of us are groggily trying to keep our toes from being smashed into the carpet. Then comes "every little cell," which is decidedly the most annoying song ever, mostly because I'm being forced to sing lies. One must dance around and fling their arms while singing "every little cell in my body is happy, every little cell in my body is well." Let me just state that this is NOT the case, but if one does not oblige, they may find themselves singled out to show how happy their cells are. That being said, I do enjoy watching rick's crazy man dance. And finally, the all time winner-- "making melodies." When this song is sung, ad staff all magically have something to do or a radio call to attend to. Rick even refuses to sing it. It's father abraham times 600: pinkie's out, thumbs up, elbows out, knees bent, head back, tongue out, spin around...shoot me in the face.

At this point staff are flying through the doors in an attempt to make it in before the song service is over and probation closes. If you don't make it in before the last note you are late and NOBODY wants to be late. If you're smart you'll time it so you miss most of wake up session song service but still get in on time.

Meanwhile the rest of us are glad that's over and we settle in for a short worship talk. Sunday morning we always pray for the requests that campers have given us on prayer cards during the weekend. It's always a really special time.

Finally come work assignments. Then, lead by josh and brent, we all start to slowly clap in unison, growing faster and faster until josh yells "what time is it!?" and we answer "it's go time!" which grows and grows in strength until we end in "goooooo NOSOCA!" alright now we're awake. Rick tells us to be careful out there and sends us on our way.

Ok, so it's the best time of the day.

small town mail

Every morning at 9:30 I get to drive down the road to pick up the mail. I've grown to love this part of my day. One I get off campus for a few minutes. Two, I get to drive a camp vehicle, which for the most part are just way too much fun to drive. Three, the post office is one of those small town places where you know everybody and everybody knows you.

It's a small white building sitting on the corner with no parking spaces. If there are two cars there, it's a real traffic jam. Mostly you just park right in front of the stairs. No use in walking an extra 5 feet. You open the door and Mary calls out "good morning!" Mary on first introduction appears to be rather grumpy but after she told me that I had the most beautiful eyes she'd seen, I decided she was definitely worth liking. We bring her cookies every once in awhile too, so she tends to like us back. In all honesty tho, she's really pretty great.

While I unload the PO boxes Mary grabs my packages but stops to talk to Pete who always feels the need to shout. "HALLLO! YOU GOT ME SOME PACKAGES!?" It's discussed that mary is going on vacation to the beach. Well good for her! We'll miss her and we want to hear all about it.

I round up my mail and give a slight bow back to Pete as he holds the door open for me. Mary yells "You have a good day now!" behind me. "you too" I answer, and head back to camp.

Photo Shoot

Tanya and I have made a tradition of going to the racquetball court and singing. If you haven't ever done it before, it's a ton of fun. It's kinda like singing in a cathedral times 10. Anyway, I was standing on the wall and Tanya decided it would be fun to take some pictures so....we did. Sorry they are all grainy. I've decided there's no point in taking anything almost, unless it's with an SLR.