Got back today from Camp Garaywa. So, for those of you who don't know, Garaywa (pronounced Gare-ah-way)is a Christian girls' camp for kids grade 3-6. Two weeks of the summer, girls in 7-12 can attend. Anyway, I was at camp as a Counselor-in-Training (my third year as such, and I've been a camper every year since 1999 - except this year). Was with eight other CITs, including my sister.

It was a pretty normal week - I was assigned to help out Cabin 7, which had eight girls. I was a little disappointed with them, though. They were quite unruly and you couldn't keep their attention for beans. Gave Bible-School answers and didn't attempt to go deeper. We even had to separate them once at worship, which is unfortunate. Anyway, the job of the CITs is to help with certain cabins and do unseen jobs..Delivering and picking up mail, running the camp store and trading post, helping with the zip line, afternoon activities..Just being those extra hands, you know? It's a lot of work, but also a lot of fun.

It was a bit odd for me, because a lot of the counselors are new to Garaywa, and I've been there for so many years..Ha. So, we did have some excitement. Let's just say that I'm glad we do fire drills on Monday nights.

On Tuesday, we got to bed at around midnight, and I was sleeping really well. Dreaming and everything. Well, at 3:30AM, Erica (the camp director) bursts into the CIT cabin and turns the light on, and says something to the effect of, "Get up, there's been a fire in the camp". Most of us roll over and slap on flip-flops and shuffle outside - where we can see firetrucks and emergency vehicles across the courtyard. We were the last ones to be evacuated, and everyone got out within three minutes.

Now, there weren't actually any flames. What had happened was that Cabin 15 had had air conditioner work done the previous day. In the night, the motor came loose, but kept running - but on top of wires. One of the cabin leaders heard it and instinctively got up and turned the AC off. But, it was smoking and set off the detector. To err on the side of caution, we all evacuated. The firemen said that that air conditioner was only a few seconds away from bursting into flames. It could've been bad. The only real trouble were some disgruntled campers and some of the counselors who go to Union University suffered from some flashbacks to the tornado that hit their school last year. The black sky and flashing lights.

Anyway - about nine girls, I think, gave their lives to Christ this week. Praise God.

Last night's worship really got to me - I cried. We were singing and there was a line in one of the songs that said, "There is no one like our God" - and hearing all those little girls singing it with all of their hearts really touched me. It was so moving.

Last night was the best, though..The CITs are in Cabin 20, and we were laughing and goofing off so much that we were afraid we'd wake up Cabin 19. We were playing 'Mafia', which ended up being a riot. One of the CITs was Ellie, and I love Ellie SO much. She was great. Her staple is a game - Burrito, taco, cheese dip. Kind of like that Man-Gorilla-Gun game. We eventually went to the Staff lounge, but ending up playing more games with some leaders and our residant journeyman and missionary, Lindsey. So great.

Anyway, I'm back and have the rest of the summer to myself as far as I know. Need to start shopping for college and playing catch-up on the Interweb.
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