Staff Training Week

all ye who read here -

So I decided to do this for my parents. I'd like to keep them updated on my life and I think they might enjoy reading it, so Mom and Dad, this is for you. For the rest of you that stumble upon these babblings, enjoy!

So, this past week was staff training week. And as a waitress, my life was dominated by feeding people, training sessions, and evening service and I tell you truly, it was all a blast.

Twenty five of the 32 waitresses are new so I got to train four or five of them. That was fun. During staff training week, the Wilds also hosts a family camp and I was waitressing one of the family aisles.

On Tuesday, we deep cleaned the dining hall and scrubbed it from head to toe. I was given a "lead" position where I supervised 20 girls. Honestly, I thought it was going to be a cushy job of walking around and asking girls how it was coming. It was the hardest work I've ever done. I was running around, fetching ladders, fixing water hoses, helping girls, and essentially solving the worlds problems. I think I could have solved the oil spill crisis after a day like that. I was exhausted.

We also went to the Summit. It's a ropes course. That was a lot of fun. I took more a supervisory role in that too :) . I have been able to maintain my running but I have been running the trails to the waterfalls they have on the camp site. the waterfalls are beautiful and the trails are challenging - lots of hills!

The evening services have been great. We have had several different speakers challenging on several different crucial points about the Christian walk. The first message was on love. In fact, our motto this summer is "anything minus love equals nothing." And that is based on 1 Corinthians 13. I am not here on this earth for myself, but for Jesus - the Creator of the universe (Colossians 1:16). And the counseling opportunities I get this summer or even the setting of tables I will do 6 times a day is not motivated by love for God and others, it is all a waste. I hope not to forget that and I pray that my love for God will grow as I am in His Word.

This weekend was spent sleeping, going to walmart, running, going to church, playing volleyball, that kind of thing.

see you guys soon!