The Program Director Reuben Stratford (front) and I assist someone re-entering their kayak from the water.

DeLancey in the trees with a camper. :)

A Much Belated Post...

Dear Everyone,

                     

Apologies for not posting in over a month!  Big camps coming in, relationships growing, and the staff numbers tapering down with summer’s end make things around here consuming!  I (Anjeli) have enjoyed the busyness though, as well as witnessing DeLancey's heart and actions through the different jobs to which she has been assigned.  From facilitating Junior High and Highschool groups to running High Static Ropes courses and Rock Climbing, I am constantly impressed with her trust in God’s strength above her own, and her willingness to step into whatever is asked of her.  As for me, being a Program Intern has turned out much differently than I thought it would, but has been full of unplanned, blessed moments.  God has been bringing me to and through a process of choosing Him over logicality or “sense.”  I will never be able to fully comprehend or understand God, but that is part of the beauty of belief.  As I heard one person say, “This life on earth is the only opportunity we have to bless God with our belief.”  Upon His return, all will see and know, but right now is my chance to say “I trust in You.”

This past Sunday I said goodbye to my boyfriend CJ Nelson, as he returned to Virginia to join the Navy this fall.  I was blessed with three weeks of wonderful visiting with him, one which included working together with a group from a Washington inner city teen home here at Bighorn.  It was an impacting experience working with this handful of teens, most of them having difficult home lives, and feeling God at work in and through me.  They were just like me, only with a different past.  I was touched by their closeness as a group, but also their acceptance of CJ and I as we led them through kayaking trips. 

So, this summer has been much different than I thought.  But, the good kind of different; like when you think you’ve guessed your birthday present, but it was something else entirely, even more wonderful in the unexpected, surprising, unprepared sort of way.  God continues to show me how He is my fulfillment, my hope, and my end.

Prayers for a blessed final week would be greatly appreciated!  We have a Family Camp coming in, around eighty people.  Staff numbers are small, so we would love prayers for good attitudes through the heightened workloads and increased need for flexibility.

This verse has been on my mind:

"No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him”   --1 Corinthians 2:9

Along with:

"For our light affliction, which is but for a moment,
is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory."  --2 Corinthians 4:17

I can find peace knowing that no matter what comes my way, it is working towards a greater weight of glory.  I don’t know what God has prepared for me, but I can trust it is going to be glorious.

Thanks for reading, and bless you,

Anjeli