Camp Bighorn Day 1 6/20/2010

Camp Bighorn Day 1 6/20/2010

The day I left for camp began like any other Sunday morning. However something was very different. I would not be going home after church. Mom’s car and my truck were all packed with things I would be taking with me to Camp Bighorn for the summer. Church that morning was great as always. The worship and the sermon were wonderful. After church I said good bye to my friends and family. Once we left church we were off to camp. On the drive to camp I was a mix of every emotion you could name. I was, excited, nervous, frustrated, stressed, and sad to leave home. I was mostly excited, but unfortunately sometimes my nerves got the better of me. Along the way we stopped at McDonalds for a “fancy” fathers day lunch. It was nice to spend the day with my mom and dad. They are two of my hero’s. Thanks mom and dad for taking time out of your schedules to help me get to camp. We arrived at camp around 4:30 Montana time. Shortly after we arrived we met up with Jeremy and Sarah Freeman. They are the Administration directors and my supervisors for the summer. The Freemans and I agreed that we would meet in the morning to discuss my responsibilities at camp this summer. I think I will enjoy being a part of their team. After meeting with the Freeman’s I began to unpack. Upon first inspection of the dorm I would be living in I had a flood of insecurities. I wanted to go home right then and there. The bed that was left for me was not going to work well for me. The space was smaller than I thought it would be. I was just overwhelmed by everything at that moment. I eventually found one of my roommates, her name is Faith, and told her what the situation was. She said she would gladly switch beds with me. So that little problem was solved. My parents left a little while after that. After they left I wondered around for a while meeting some new people. I am still trying to remember people’s names. My first night at camp was really fun. It was nice to just kind of take everything in and observe people. When I got back to my dorm that night before I went to bed I was feeling really homesick. I talked to one of my other roommates, her name is Samantha, and she was very encouraging to me. She kind of talked me down and helped me to relax. She prayed for me. That helped a lot. After we prayed I got ready for bed and read my bible before I went to sleep. I went to sleep thinking about what the rest of the summer had in store for me. More on that later…