The last week, a rundown

Sunday I felt a bit sick, and Monday I woke up feeling a bit worse. I worked my typical front desk job in intense anticipation of going camping with the guys from the U of I.

We left to go camping and it was incredible. We camped in the Moraine Park campground and it was a blast. We had an incredible spot where we got to sit on rocks and take sweet pictures, cook meat (and soy), cook marshmallows, and enjoy fellowship. We talked about the fall and school and our church. It was incredible. We really all expressed a desire to be catalysts for people and get people really excited about God. Check this out...Jesus is coming back. That is the basis for our faith. If he isn't returning, then what we do is pretty pointless. Believers also have the Holy Spirit dwelling in them. How exciting is that?! God is in the believer!

Tuesday morning, I awoke from camping under the stars feeling miserable. My sick feelings escalated into an intense hoarse cough. So when I got back to the Y, I just slept all day. Wayne Wager spoke that night on the idea of calling. It was really cool hearing him talk about how all of us are called to God first and to a career second.

I awoke Wednesday determined to hike despite my still somewhat sick feeling. So Jennee and I decided to do a medium lengthed (in my mind) hike. We did Chasm Lake, which ended up being pretty tough for my worn out body. It was 8.4 miles and 2400 feet in elevation gain. But the Chasm was absolutely gorgeous.

We ended up having to turn back right when we got to the lake (above), which is right at the base of Longs Peak. It was a really neat place and luckily we didn't get rained on too badly above treeline. It ended up being really good, although I was spent afterwards.

Thursday brought Project Day. On Thursday, we got a chance to be helpers for Campus Crusade for Christ. They are a campus para-church organization (read: they don't have pastors). It was really cool to serve them because they helped GCM get off the ground. We served them by watching the children of overseas missionaries coming back to the States for a conference. We played games with the kids for 3.5 hours and it was such a great escape from adulthood. I was with the 4-5 year old kids and it was so easy!!! I guess I just get refreshed by kids. I feel blessed by that fact.

We then went to Estes Park, where it once again commenced to rain on our Project Day. This time we hung out in the library, coffee shops, or various other venues spending extended alone time with God. We spent 3 hours working out our own struggles and Chazown. It was a really helpful time for me to look at the things that are important to me and be able to articulate them. Then we had lifegroups and Wayne talked again that night. He talked on the idea that God's Leader is Teachable (ironic?). It was really good to hear and basically he told us that we need to learn and desire to learn.

Until laters...