week 4

It's already been a month! This summer is going by way too fast. It's definitley going to be hard to leave.  My mom got to come visit and I got to spend some time with her when I had some free time.

This week we got to help with and run some camps.  The first camp we helped with was sponsored by in-n-out for foster kids and we got to lead them through basic drills- I had the ladder station! :)  We couldn't explicitly share our faith the way we would at the camps we run, but we got to love on these kids and speak truth into their lives. 

We ran our first camp this week at Salem Lutheran.  It was so fun and yet so different than any other camp I have been to or coached.  Coaches were being intentional in making Christ the center of camp by finding simple ways to allow the girls to get their minds forcused on the eternal. At the beginning of camp the director for the week made sure the girls knew that they were valued regardless of ability and that mistakes were going to happen but don't define them.  There was so much freedom for the girls to play in an environment like this. It was obvious that the camers understood what playing with God meant.  At the end of camp, one of the younger campers closed with a simple prayer. "Dear Jesus, thank you for being here with us and playing volleyball with us. Amen." 

One of our tasks is to create a project that helps save the world through volleyball.  Maggie and I decided to create a blog that allows coaches and player to share how their faith has impacted how they play and coach.  check out the website: http://playingstronglivingstrong.blogspot.com/.

Personally, I feel like I am learning so much spiritually and constantly learning from God.  One of the best things about this internship is our sabbath days.  I have always known that the Sabbath was important but it is so hard to do as a college athlete.  Having a Sabbath day has been so great and has allowed God to speak to me and give me rest.  In college I constantly filled my time with more thing to do for God but never had the time to process all that He was teaching me or even time to rest.  I thought that by doing more I would be more successful but God wants to spend time with us and allow us to rest.