Summer is Almost Gone!!!

I cannot believe that Summer is almost over. It seems like yesterday that we were just starting the Summer. My summer has been packed with events. I went on a two week vacation, attended two camps and held two jobs. Starting with the end of the summer is the beginning of my senior year. I cannot believe that I am already a senior, and don't feel like one. I really hope that my senior year is awesome and goes by fast. Then after my senior year, I will attend Freed-Hardmen University!!!

Camp!!

So, this past week I have been at camp as a counselor, and it was wild. We had drama out the wazoo. We had boyfriend, girlfriend drama, friendship drama, lots of other drama, but I am not going to go into all of that. Camp will always have drama. However, I would like to focus on positive events such as the great counselor classes taught by Mr. Doug. We participated in mock elderships and solved three problems a day. These were actual problems that churches have experienced. I know I learned a lot during these meetings, and enjoyed taking part in the elderships I was in.

Movie of the Year?

As many of us know, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is coming out on Wednesday. I cannot wait until the movie comes out, and my family and I will be one of the many to watch it at midnight on Tuesday (or if you want to be technical 0:00 hrs on Wednesday). This probably will become the movie of the year bringing in the most money. Speaking of the movie, the last book comes out (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) on July 21, 2007. However, I will not be able to get that book at midnight like i normally do because I will be at a camp, but when I get home you can bet I will be reading the book non-stop.

HORIZONS!

WOW!!!! If I had to sum up the week at Horizons with one word it would be WOW. All the speakers were excellent and were obviously very well prepared. I thoroughly enjoyed the lessons given by Doug Burleson, Josh Schwartz, and Webb Williams (not to say the other lessons were not good...they were very good as well). I do not know about the girls classes, but I really enjoyed my speaking class (Adam can you remember the teacher's name?) and my Youth Ministry class taught by Russell Smith and (once again i cannot remember one of my teacher's name...Adam could you help me out). I learned a lot in both classes. The youth ministry class definitely insured my want to become a youth minister. I really liked the talks with our counselor. They open discussions in the dorm room really helped me learn more and understand the application to our lives. I also really enjoyed the dorm devotionals. The singing was awesome and the devotionals were very inspirational in which some were wake-up calls for me The camp was a great learning environment and I learned a lot on how to be a REAL leader. A combination of the campus, the school, the churches around Freed, and the people who are planning on attending Freed, I definitely am planning on entering Freed as an incoming freshman in the fall of 2008!!! Hope to see many of yall there!!