Living Love

I'M HOOOME! :)

Ah, GA camp, WHAT A WEEK! I got the opportunity to hang out with an AMAZING group of 11 5th (almost 6th) grade girls this week! They are all so beautiful, so funny, and taught me in so many ways. I am so thankful that I got the opportunity to go to GA camp with them and learn about God's Love. I just LOVE acting like a kid again, and being free to not fix my hair, not wear makeup, say and do crazy things, and not be judged for any of them. That's the beauty of being with children, they love you no matter what you look like, or how big of a fool you make out of yourself...and let me tell you, I LOVE that kind of love.

The theme of this camp was Live Love, living out God's love to others. I am still in awe that my last post was about wanting to learn how to love like God, and loe and behold, the camp theme was just that. Man, God is good.

It would take me forever to describe everything about this week, so I'll try to make it short and sweet. The focus of GA's is missions. When I say missions, I mean internationally, locally,and even in your neighborhood. It's all about sharing Christ's love with others. The girls learned how to tell the plan of salvation, I stood tearfully in awe of the Savior God as a camper was saved in front of me, and God fulfilled my prayer of learning how to love like Him; all while rock climbing, swimming, playing at a park, dancing, singing, and canoeing with my girls.

The first night at worship, our focus verse was 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, the love verses. The speaker gave us a challenge, fill in the word "love" with your own name:

"Miranda is patient(false), Miranda is kind(most of the time), Miranda does not envy(false), Miranda does not boast(mostly true)"...I think you get the point, speaking a bunch of lies, or half-truths. When you fill in the verse with your name, it's so eye-opening. It made me realize that God is love, and God's love is ALWAYS patient, ALWAYS kind, etc. and in order to love like Christ, we have to let go of things such as envy, and arrogance.

The next night, I learned that EVERYTHING is God's plan, and in order to fulfill what God wants, I have to surrender my plan. "Speak Lord, for Your servant is listening"- 1Samuel 3:9. That's a tough thing to do, but in the past 4 weeks, I have seen the evidence of what God does when you surrender your plan.. He finds your joy, and teaches you through things you could never imagine, and He deserves every ounce of the glory for that.

Needless to say, I had an even more incredible week at GA camp, and I am feeling so blessed to have been given the opportunities I have been given, and I am just overwhelmed by God's love and Grace :)

I love you all!

ps. If you wanna hear more about GA camp, let me know! :)