camp can be all consuming. this is the first week i've had a little bit of time off because i didn't have campers. they've hired too many counselors so a few weeks during the summer i'll have to gap, but one of them is out of the way and i was glad for the break. it's been exhausting, but i've had some great campers.
children are a blessing unparalleled by cell phones and cars and vacations. the hardest part of this job is watching the parents drop them off and pick them up and know that some of them will go back to homes where they are not treasured and held as precious.
my patience has been tried and i have been sick of talking about who likes who and answering a billion questions, but the more i work with children the more i learn how much they want to be loved and how much we can easily give them.
