Coloured People, Colourful God

There's such a vast array of people here at school. I find it interesting to sit back and watch people. Yes, "people watching" has always been a hobby of mine but it's accentuated in a place like a Bible college. I struggle with adapting to my role as a "mature" student and taking on the responsiblities that come with it. I've caught myself turning to God and to people for advice and using them as a leaning post. It's not the easiest thing to do. Since leaving Bible school four years ago I have slowly and steadily drawn inward. I've shy'd away from the people that love me most. Maybe it's because I'm hiding something. Perhaps I feel weak when I go to people because I can't deal with everything on my own. Or maybe I don't think that people can relate to my circumstances, the situations I find myself in. I think it's a combination of all of these things and possible mory. As I turn not to myself but to God and to others, I find a sense of purpose that I haven't known in years. This is where I thrive but struggle the most. I know that being surrounded by Christians is the perfect environment to deal with things in my life but at the same time it's gonna be tough to bring them out in order to have them dealt with. So I ask for your prayers as I find out who I am in Christ. God bless.

The School of Rock

Hey ppl.

School is going okay. Classes are awesome, dorm life is okay, and everything else is just okay. Hopefully things will pick up and change to more than okay. I'm taking a Church History class, which is exciting. A couple classes are ones that I have to take and then I'm taking World Religions which is sweet. I'm back in the bubble....so the only news I hear is who's dating who. Great, eh! I was gonna try out for the soccer team but I ended up getting a job and it falls on the same day. That's about it.

Some prayer requests:

1. God would reveal things in my life that need changing and grant me the willingness to change them. I want Him to mold and make me into Christ-likeness.

2. I won't stress out too much.

3. I would meet some cool people to hang with.

Ernest Goes to Camp

For the last 5 summers of my life, I've worked at Stoney Lake Bible Camp. I guess you could say that my life is broken down into two categories:

1. At camp - When I'm at camp everything is great. I'm happy, energetic, enthusiastic, prayerful, and am in "servant-mode". Sure there are times when I'm not excited to be there....like when a kid craps his pants and then leaves his shorts in the middle of the floor. Camp causes a person to rely on God for everything.

2. Not at camp - When I'm not at camp I'm working toward being at camp. I take on jobs that I might not otherwise do, but I know that I only have to work at it for a maximun of eight months because camp rolls around again. I'm not always in "servant-mode" outside of camp. It's something I need to work on 'cause there are so many opportunities I miss. Life's circumstances don't always cause me to fully rely on God for everything.

It's a funny thing camp is. It taunts me all winter, draws me in for the summer, teaches me things I would never learn anywhere else, and spits me back out for another long winter. I've grown to love that about it. My expectations are higher every year--for what I'm going to learn, to experience. Every year has been completely different from the next. Different people in leadership, different kids, different weather, different things that God teaches me.

Thank God for camp!