DeSoto 2011

So, I have been organizing and rummaging through my things trying to get organized.  And you know what I found?  My 2011 staff journal from Camp DeSoto!  I just finished reading through it.  With a journal comes great appreciation of the past, those events, and some laughs.  My camp friends know that a journal started this here blog :)  So, I just wanted to share some excerpts from it that make my soul sing!


Without solitude it is virtually impossible to live a spiritual life... We do not take the spiritual life seriously if we do not set aside some time to be with God and to listen to Him.  - Henri Nouwen

Dear Dishwash Detergent,

Thank you for making my pot even more slippery and for causing it to slip off the pocket rocket (stove made for camping) and put rice in front of the cabin.  Apparently, it was not good because no critters ate it.  Poor kids coming backpacking.

Heart,
Me


Grant us to hear Your voice assuring us that by your wounds we are healed,
That you have been made sin for us that we might be righteous in You.
We are guilty, but pardoned
Lost, but saved,
Wandering, but found
Sinned, but cleansed.
Keep us always clinging to the cross
Flood us every moment with descending grace.
Humble our hearts before You.


The ways I've seen that God is love in these first 48 hours...
* Marsha (director of camp) and Lily (cabin A camper) rubbing the girl's back in church - big hand and a small hand together

Missing my MOUNTAINTOP tonight

delicious break

Well, my five weeks of a break are coming to screeching halts.  And, I might cry for the next month or so.  But, my break has been incredible!  I have been to Jackson Hole, Athens, and Miami.  And all of it has been fun.  

Top of the tram at Jackson Hole

Snowmobiling through Yellowstone National Park

Beautiful sunset in Miami

New Year's Eve/The World Celebrating Kelly's Birthday!

Here is a recipe that Brian and I made because we were craving something sweet... If you make it, you will crave it multiple times a day, all week.  It's sinfully delicious.  So make with caution: you can get the recipe for them from this website... 

http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2009/03/peanut-butter-chocolate-bars.html

We used the coconut.  And, we used crunchy peanut butter.  

And they are to die for... just don't make them around someone with a peanut allergy within a 10 mile radius, and make sure you have some milk on hand!

I'll try and post more this year!

Christmas

Sweetest note from my mother to my father (his Christmas present was a Dr. appointment)

Merry Christmas!

This is love :) 

Thankful

Today, I am thankful for technology.  That I get to hear Chuck preach, listen to Christmas songs, and that I get to see my sweet parents and grandparents via the internet.  Thank you AFUMC.  

Rock Chalk Jayhawk

Brian and I attended our first KU basketball game the other week.  Let me tell you, it is quite an experience.  Being used to big time college basketball, I naturally was excited to experience a big time basketball school.  Every school has traditions, and let me tell you, KU has some of their own.  I almost wish I could redo undergrad and attend KU so I could experience being a hardcore basketball fan.  Their fan section is nuts.  Anyway, what I want to express to you is that, "Beware the Phog," now makes sense.  They sing this cultish song that makes you feel like ghosts of the past are coming back to get you.  

Check out the song! (it happens at the end of the video, and it is much better in real life)

Mambo did it!

VICTORY!!!  

Migraines

This about sums it up.