Well this last weekend I had the privilege of being a senior Counselor for my first time in essentially ever. Ministering to young kids has been something that I have helped with in the past, junior counselling at camps and after school kids clubs, so I was quite glad God provided this opportunity for me. Going into the weekend I was quite nervous, but my fears were settled by the fine leaders that I had. Since I was able to talk to Janelle and Leader Nick, our student leaders, about my worries, they gave me a lot of good information that I took into the weekend. With the help of the group around me I was able to succeed in counselling that weekend, it was really encouraging to be able to talk with people who had already gone to the things that I was going through, so that was one particular thing that I appreciated about the ministry here at camp.
During the Juniors retreat, I was paired with a Junior counselor, Brayden, and overall, it was a good growing experience. As a cabin, Brayden, the 6 boys, and I had a lot of fun with AllStar games, Q-Town, and swimming. The cabin team games were probably the most memorable thing of the weekend, probably due to the fact that we were going through the games as a cabin team, rather than just as individuals, as was the case with the wide game. Being able to guide my campers from one activity to the next was definitely an awesome opportunity to lead for me; it was memorable because I got to succeed with my cabin.
Throughout the weekend, I learned that a few of my campers were not necessarily professed Christians, but that was a good opportunity to lead them to that relationship with Christ. The way I saw God working during the retreat was in how I got to see my campers look to figure out more about God; so they could have a deeper relationship with him. One time during our cabin discussions, Craig started asking some really deep questions about evil in the world, relating to Gods sovereignty. It was really encouraging to see that even at such a young age these guys were asking tough questions, looking for good answers.
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