Today was the first day that the campers arrived. The main theme for the weekend is "Being in the world but not of it," and the theme song is, "Where I Belong," by Building 429. For me personally, this song is very fitting -- as a college student right now, I know from personal experience how difficult it is not to worry or preoccupy my mind with worldly things instead of focusing on God's grace and trusting in His plan. I'm really excited to hear other perspectives and see how this impacts all of us over the course of the studies and discussions.
We ate a pretty relaxed breakfast and prepped for their arrival around 5pm. Among other things, we set the main rules to be discussed, cut apart memory verses, and finalized the evening's worship songs. After the campers arrived, we ate dinner, introduced the staff and the theme, and had a worship service and indoor campfire (it was suuuuper windy!). I'm glad to have been able to help out with worship, both as far as leading songs and playing piano; in fact, this is something I hope to get better at over the course of the summer, so it was nice to have the opportunity to help right away.
Another thing that stuck out to me today was how wonderful it is to be back in such an accepting atmosphere. Although I haven't seen all of the campers I met in over a year, I felt so comfortable interacting and worshipping with everyone. That's one thing I love about Camp Blessing in general; the fact that although a lot of us don't see each other very often, we are brought so close together almost immediately by our mutual desire to learn and grow in our relationship with God and each other.
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