I hope that your heart's always warm

It is odd to no longer see campers running around with counselors and meeting at the mast for dinner.

One of the hardest things for me last year was leaving this wonderful community of brothers and sisters- not just the leaving but the living without seeing their faces every day week in and week out. But because of the pain God taught me a huge lesson about relationships.

In the absence of those wonderful and intensely close relationships that I yearned for, I realized that God, the one who I claim to be my best friend, was calling for me and He could be even better than what I had here at camp.

It was a hard winter, but my relationship with God blossomed and I craved more time with him to learn more about him, to feel his touch on my life- and it happened. Not all at once, and not easily, but it has made the prospect of life possibly without those people all the more tolerable, even exciting, because no matter what God has promised me he will always be with me, wherever I go. (Joshua 1:9)

I love you guys, and I do miss you. I really hope you fall even more in love with Jesus this winter, and that He remains the most important focus of your lives.