Further Up and Further In

Finally, the classic after-you've-been-a-camp-counselor blog post. This list was compiled by myself and my wonderful SLS friends from this summer. I tried to whittle it down to the best and most hilarious. May you chuckle over it and resonate with it, especially if you have ever been a camp counselor. Paint fight you are clean for about 2.5 seconds after getting out of the shower your feet are never clean. Never. having a paint war sounds like the best idea in the world you count jumping in the lake as a close second to actually taking a shower getting up at 6:45am is "sleeping in" you are constantly counting your campers but can never come up with the number you are supposed to have (this was me all summer, not kidding) you have camp songs stuck in your head ALL the time you realize that you outpace your campers in about 5 steps you wear the same 5 outfits for 2 weeks straight you repeat yourself over and over again because there is always one kid who isn...

The fire flickers on Inspiration Point as I stand with my fellow Sierra Sisters facing a semi-circle of our SLS community. We listen to our unit leader, Christina, affirm and challenge us with what she has seen in each of us this summer. We each receive names as part of this closing ceremony. My name is Moonlight, given to me because I reflect the Lord's truth not in a flashy, bright way like sunlight but in a deeper way like moonlight. It fits me so well. Thanks, Christina. You saw me truly and named me aptly. My beloved unit of Sierra Sisters Names have power. We do not take the power of names as seriously in the 21 st century as in olden times when people were very particular about what they named their child. If you were the III or IV, it indicated a great family lineage. If you were named after a saint, it was hoped that you would embody the characteristics of that special saint. Now we call people whatever we feel like. Sometimes with a namesake in min...