It is so crazy how fast these weeks are flying by here at Worldview...two more weeks to go and then I am home in Idaho! What a sweet summer it has been. :) Here is the recap of the Northern California camp. 

The adorable burger place we ate at as we were leaving California

The "Pengowl" that my student would draw for me...one for every lecture. She named it this because this was her adorable version of a cross between a penguin and and owl ;)

Katie Cook and I at Registration

Flash back to staff training..... I love my team so much!!! :)

A verse that stuck out to me this week was from Psalm 42:5, "Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him. For the help of His presence." Many times this week I felt like a product of my emotions and I found myself disquieted in spirit. But when I read this verse, I was encouraged by the fact that no matter what my feelings told me, my hope comes from God period....end of story....not based on how I feel. I am so thankful that I serve a God who does not change. My emotions are fickle, but my God is steadfast. One of my all time favorite verses is from Malachi 3:6,which says "I the Lord do not change so that you oh Israel are not consumed." Praise the Lord for this fact. :)

Bullet points of blessings from the week :)

• FREEBIRDS BURRITOS. We need this restaurant in Idaho...just saying. 
• Watching fireworks as a team on the fourth of July
• The shine of metal on the sides of the buildings at William Jessup University
• The huge card I got int the mail from sweet people in my church. The card encouraged my heart so much!
• An amazing cafeteria
• Throwing a birthday party for two of my students complete with balloons, starburst jellybeans, and lots of laughter
• Neat industrial patterns displayed in the architecture on campus
• The wind every morning 
• Good long talks with team members when I needed to verbally process 
• The level of depth my girls plunged into this week
• Seeing Old Town Sacramento, CA
• The blessed feeling of getting to wear jeans
• The prayer chapel on campus
• Grading tests at 1 a.m. in the morning with Laura, Caleb, and Christine which was full of laughter, teasing, and consuming dark chocolate Hershey kisses ;)
• Having one of my students come to know the Lord this week at camp!!! :)
• Pengowl drawings from my student each day of the week. The drawings always made me smile so much when she would show me. I can't get enough of owls as it is, let alone drawings of penguins and owls together! ;)
• Strong hugs
• Honesty
• Personal wrestling internally with the Lord by my side helping me through
• The sweet gift my girls gave me at the end of the week of a journal, which they all wrote notes to me in, and a Starbucks gift card. I almost started crying when they gave it to me. Their kindness blew my mind. 
• Trying a chai tea latte with almond milk for the first time
• Tenderness 
• Having the Lord teach me more about compassion for my girls this past week.

I loved this past camp so much. I also am looking forward to this next week and experiencing all of the epic things that the Lord has already planned in advance to do. Onward to Oregon. :)