Being Behind & Fall Weekend

Hickory Team

Hallie, Brooke, Brielle, Steph, Elyssa, Me

Carolyn and I at the football game!

Anne (cut out sadly), Riane, Sydney... me

Anne, Riane, Sydney

All the hickory girls!

I hate being behind, I hate feeling like I can't keep all the plates that I need to have spinning in the air spinning but in a weird way I love it at the same time. I love it because it causes me to see that I am broken, I am not perfect I can't do this without jesus I could never do this life without him so why do I try so often? Oh right because I am drenched in sin. 

 November 4th we took about 230 kids from Chesapeake to Rockbridge for our fall weekend. This was Will's (our new area director) first camp trip with Chesapeake and it was CRAZY. We had 100 kids sign up overnight, we had to order another 47 passenger bus last minute to make a total of 5 busses, we didn't have enough leaders... amazingly sweet problems to have. I was thankful I couldn't handle those plates only Jesus could but I tried to during that week and I am ashamed to say that here.

From Hickory I took these amazing girls to camp and I don't want to say that flippantly they were amazing: Anne, Riane, Sydney, Julia, Haley, Emily, Elyssa, Cady, Morgan, Brooke, Brielle, Stephanie, Hallie, Bekah & Francesca. Friday afternoon I was so excited to finally be with these girls and be able to share Jesus with them some for the first time.

Then we had problems... bus problems... and that is when I hate being on staff secretly. All I wanted was to sit with girls on the bus and laugh and I had to call rental companies to track down a 47 passenger bus for us because our "late bus" cancelled as we were on the way to Rockbridge. We had another bus driver flip out on our leaders and kids and refuse to drive them in the midst of losing the bus and we arrived at camp over 2 hours late so 230 kids missed all of club but praise our jesus we arrived just in time for the first club talk. All I wanted was to be a leader to 15 girls and the Lord had me help Will be a leader to 230 and I was selfish and I was sad. Thats when I heard Him say to me, give it to me Katie give this all to me, stop taking control let me be in charge of it all. My heart broke, I realized I had lost sight of my Jesus in the midst of problems in the midst of paperwork I forgot Him and I realized how desperately I missed Him.

 From Friday night on the weekend was absolutely beautiful (minus the fact that our bus broke down on the way home but thats another story for another day.) Girls wanted to stay up until 4 for cabin time. Saturday night I sat in the lobby and invited girls to come down and ask questions if they had more after cabin time and one by one girls quietly walked to the lobby of our dorm and had questions that were real and beautiful and 4 sweet amazing girls stood up at the end of the weekend and invited Jesus into their hearts for the first time. I pray that those moments never get old or expected. I was amazed that Jesus allowed me to be there, and I am so thankful he humbled me I needed that and still need humbling. Thank you for praying if not for girls by name thank you just for praying for me. I am so thankful for each one of you, more than you know.