Whirlwind

The last two weeks have been crazy! I went to JR High camp two weeks ago, and I just got back to the church from 5th and 6th grade camp. It's been nuts! I taught for the first time this summer at JR high camp, it was on Holiness and I was pretty happy with how it went. I felt as if I started off well, but didn't finish as strong as I should have. Then last Sunday I taught in The Awakening for the first time, it was an introduction to Paul and the idea of our "SHAPE" (S-Spiritual gifts, H-Heart, A-Abilities, P-Personality, E-Experiences.) It didn't go terrible, but I definitely felt like it could have been a lot better, I don't know what was wrong with me but my presentation was really weak. This last week I was a family leader and also the Recreation Director, the boys in my family were incredible. It was tough at the beginning of the week because there was a boy in my group that had a little sister that has cancer, and he really did not want to be at camp. We had some really good talks, but he ended up going home Wednesday evening. As for Recreation, it went well but I am exhausted from 3 hours of running around with 5th and 6th graders all week. Next week we have a sports camp here at church, then I teach again the next two weeks after Sunday. I also go back to camp for a week next Sunday :) The summer has been awesome! I finished Ruthless Trust last week (which was awesome!), and am now reading The Ragamuffin Gospel. Both books have been great! Now I am going to go home to sleep in a real bed :) my host family is in Europe, so I'm all alone for a couple weeks! I hope all is well with all of you!

-Bondo