My sweet intern Karley from this past week.

At the Grand Canyon (What a cool moment. We ate dinner as a team while we watched the sun set over the Grand Canyon)

Jenna (one of my fellow staffers) and I

Arizona.....what a cool state with awesome people! :) This week was epic. I was so blessed to have ten 16 year old girls in my group. They were all incredible young women. I was also so encouraged because God gave me Karley as a co-leader of my group. She was so full of energy, new ideas, and love to pour out on our girls. I couldn't have successfully completed the week without her.

A verse that really blessed me this week when I was feeling a little weary was John 5:34, "Jesus said to them, 'My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me to accomplish His work." I needed to read that this week because I was trying to get my strength from so many different sources, just not from the Lord. The Holy Spirit reminded me what my purpose should be while being here. :)

Here are my bullet points from this week.

• A time of encouragement as a team on the van rides. We called it "Honey Roasting" each other where we went around the circle and shared what we appreciated about each other.
• Having Karley as my intern this week
• Learning that my girls from the Oklahoma camp  the week before nicknamed themselves "The Happy Hoopers" :D
• My Arizona girls meeting on "our bridge" on campus every night
• Hard sleep
• Not getting sick
• My mum sending me a epic package filled with fruit snacks and protein bars, and notes from my family!!
• Staff meeting each night when I get to seek advice from the leadership.
• Skipping down the hallway with Karley after making sure our girls were in bed.
• Playing volleyball with the students
• Crazy Flagstaff high altitude. It made me feel so out of shape. Even walking up stairs was tiring. :P
• Sweet texts of encouragement from my team members
• Running through the sprinklers with my girls after a long day of lectures
• Having a skunk come visit my girls and I during one of our small group times outside. Thankfully the skunk decided to not bless us with his smell. ;)
• Being convicted about living a life of conviction but not guilt
• When we got into the vans yesterday to start driving to California, Caleb said, "Yes! Rachel is in this van. Deep question time!" ;) All of us in that van had a really fun and deep conversation. :)
• Seeing the Grand Canyon and standing speechless in awe of God's creation.
• Beautiful Arizona stars at night
• Giggling and crying at the same time :)

God is so good. Life at camp and on the road has been exhilarating and exhausting, thrilling, and oh so rewarding. I am loving it!

~Rachel