If my life could have a moto, this would probably be it... it's based on this song I picked up last summer when I started working for Camp Hawkins! (hopefully you can click here , scroll down and select the blue "click here to download" and listen to the song)
Camp has truly changed my life... as a counselor we are paired one to one with a camper for a week at a time. Last summer I was able to spend 4 weeks at camp, and a weekend at Matthews Time (more severe campers) This summer, because of my master's classes, I was only able to be at camp for the last week and a week of Matthews Time. I came into the experience last year with the excitement of a rookie... this summer, I knew a little more of what to expect. I had to struggle through the beginning of the summer where I would see pictures of camp on facebook and realize I was missing something truly special. God makes a way to reveal Himself through camp... and most of the time he's so much more obvious than in the "real world". This summer my camper, we'll call him C, was so much fun to be around and managed to run with the high energy that is "all boys week" of camp (if you've ever been there, you know)! Every week of camp we have a talent show, where the camper can show off some skill from setting the table to taking down the criminals, from preaching to basketball, we have it all!! C was not entirely able to decide what he wanted to do for his talent, and as his counselor, I was responsible for picking up context clues to prepare the Admin for his segment of the show. Early in the week, we were in our daily routine of "music" where we sang and danced to all sorts of songs, and this song, Sing, Love, Dance, was played. I passionately began the hand motions hoping C would pick them up, but he promptly turned around, danced like a penguin, and said "I like to move it, move it". I was initially disappointed, but couldn't help but enjoy the moment! Throughout the week, I could say, "move it, move it" and he would know I was talking about Madagascar, but he did not do the dance or sing the song again. We had no idea what was going to happen for the talent show, but God kept that moment with Sing, Love, Dance in music in my heart and I told the Admin we would dance to "move it" from Madagascar. The whole afternoon was a prayer without ceasing that C would dance without my assistance in front of everyone at the talent show. As his time came, I looked at him and told him it would be his turn and the song began. Faster than I could truly realize, C pushed past me and danced the ENTIRE song... almost exactly to what the animals do in the movie (the penguin still being my favorite). Was God at camp? Absolutely.
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| C dancing at the talent show! |
