home, finally

i got home yesterday from ocklawaha. middle school camp wasnt quite what i expected, but it was awesome. it was a lot of work. we had to set up/serve/clean up/do the dishes for all the meals, and then clean up after the night games, and tear down, and do fun jobs like that, but overall, work crew was pretty cool. i got to meet a lot of cool people. i had a lot of fun. there was definitely a reason i ended up there. plus i had some quality company on the way up and back. so i cant complain. im definitely down for the rest of the camps i can go to. they've been a blast, so God focused and charged. it was great.

i slept most of the day, but got up at about noon. went to the movies at sawgrass. we saw matt and the sawgrass crew handing out waters on the road, it was good to see them out there spreading the word about FRC sawgrass. we had the same theatre we use for church, made me feel like i should be building something during the whole movie. but we saw the bourne ultimatum. it was good, but the camera was zoomed in too much the whole movie, and it was so shaky i felt a little sea sick. but other than that, it was good.

went to church later that day, chad did a great job. a real touching sermon about pete. i miss pete, but im happy that hes in a better place. pete was my table leader with abel when i was in middle school. it was crazy, our table started off so small, with only about 4 of us, but grew into this huge group by the end of our 8th grade year. it was cool, because before we started sawgrass, i helped out teaching middle school on sunday mornings at the cooper city campus, and i got to help out at pete's table. i could tell he practically ran that place, he did 3 services, had a huge table, and did socials all the time. those kids loved him and it was a great experience getting to work with him and learn from him. it was definitely a God thing that i got to work with him for those few months after he was healed of cancer, and before he had that relapse. i feel like God gave me a great opportunity to get to know pete better and learn from him during that small window when he was healthy. he really made an impact on me and i hope i can be the leader for my middle schoolers like he was for those kids. it was sad when i found out he died, miss watson told me early in the morning at camp, i had a hard time at breakfast, but ive been ok since. i know pete went out on God's time and that God gave him an amazing gift of an extra few months to change the lives of his middle schoolers, his friends, his family, and me. i know im gonna see him again one day, and im going to thank him. love you pete. praise the lord! as my sister says, pete found sudden glory.