WOL Summer Camp

I had a great summer working on the W.O.L. Ranch as the Dish Pit Supervisor. Going into the summer I really didn't want to have to be working 40 hours a week, not getting paid, when actually I had to pay to be here. However before the summer began I decided I'm going to try to have a good attitude about it. I had two kids in my discipleship group (Paul Baker, Levi Frey). Even though I was specifically assigned to disciple them, I got many other opportunities to disciple and get involved in the lives of other teenagers. The first week of stc we had a broken leg, and a broken wrist, in which both kids got sent home. I spent the night with guy with the broken leg. At first I had tons of problems working with him in the dish room. He didn't want to stay, he wanted to leave and go home. So I just spent a couple hours talking to him trying to figure out what was wrong. The Next day he wanted me to teach him how to skateboard. As you guessed he broke his leg, after spending time with him from the ambulance ride to the hospital at 8:00pm staying up until 3 or 4 in the morning. and then being with him from 8 in the morning until his surgery, he wanted to do anything to stay and work. Sadly we had to seem him go because you can't do much work with a broken leg. It was hard to see how God could use me, I never felt adequate being a supervisor, thinking how could I be effective in these kids lives. Now that I look back I can see how I was used, and as I look back I can see how I could have done a better job. Through the summer we studied Romans, looking at Chapters 12-16, then teaching what I learned from it, to my guys every Sunday. God gave me many other ministry opportunities besides the usual. I had many opportunities to be a bandant getting to shoot blanks, and get into fights with cowboys, putting on a show for the younger campers. Then I got the chance to do a skate demo for the Rangers (the older kids), with Chris Vickery who can do some pretty amazing stuff on a bmx bike. Then the next week I got to skate again, but this time in front of everyone on the Island, but this time with Steve Wolfe, who runs a skateboard ministry in New Jersey (www.sfnj.com). So much has happened and it's so hard to remember everything right now. I wish I could tell you about it all. This weekend I graduate from the Bible Institute as a 1st year student, then will be continuing my studies into the 2nd year program. That wasn't my plan, but because of all that God has taught me and shown me how much I don't know, from this past year, I know I will learn a lot in the 2nd year program.

Colossians 3:23 "Whatever you do work heartily; as for the Lord and not for men."