The First Week

Week #1 

Teen Speaker: Ron DeGarde 

JBC Speaker: Mark Herbster

Prayer Partner: Ciara Weant 

Monday~

What makes the first day of any job a lot easier, is working with people who have done that job before. What makes waitressing at the Wilds really hard, is the first official meal with 30 other waitresses who, like you, have no idea what they are doing. 

Pizza for dinner was chaotic! Yes, we had been waitressing for a whole week already, but add campers to the confusion, and it just makes our job a lot harder! However, like every other waitress before us, we survived our first meal. 

Celebrating our first official "camper" meal 

Wednesday~

We found out that on Wednesdays, we would be in the field for a picnic. Sounds awesome, right? Well, to start off the summer, our first picnic ended with a downpour! Thankfully, all the campers had been fed and we were just beginning to clear our grills before it rained.

Selfie under the tent 

We decided to wait for the storm to pass because our rooms were simply too far to walk to....

Ian (Matt & Christy Taylor's son)
staring at the water rising up to his feet. 

 We waited....and waited.....and waited for the rain to stop, but it didn't, so we decided to take a group selfie. You can't tell in this picture, but it's pouring all around us!

After waiting for over half an hour, we decided to just make a run for our rooms; we were, after all, wasting our precious free time {nap time}. 

Wednesday Night~

 After fun time, I was able to go with my prayer cabin and give my first devotions! Talk about nerve-racking! I had been able to sit with the girls for the services, so I wasn't too worried.
I shared my testimony, told them how God has been working in my life, and quickly gave them a lesson to always: Depend On The Savior.

Depend On The Savior

Thursday~

The following day, I left a pack of DOTS on my prayer cabin table, and a few waitresses told me that my girls were telling people around them that DOTS stand for a reminder to Christians to always Depend On The Savior. :) 

There are three bookselves for counselors to keep their
valuables {electronics} 

The cabins on my aisle were really nice my first week, and they kept trying to be "better" than the cabin next to them. This was nice for me because they would race each other in cleaning, and give me little candy or notes:)

From one of my tables.... 

There is one thing that I could never get tired of at The Wilds...and that's the sunsets.

God's masterpiece 

On Thursday, I was finally able to ride the zipline! Me and a few waitresses took advantage of the campers being in Christian Life Seminar and ran to get in line before it got long.

Suited up & ready to go! 

 Friday~
All week long, I had been sitting with Morgan McCarty's JBC cabin, and I really enjoyed getting to know all the girls, especially this little girl! She made me laugh with all her little stories and sense of humor. Little kids are definitely the best!

We had to get a picture before the week was over! 

Well, in JBC, the Red Team won! And in teen camp, the Blue team won the week!! Both teams that I was rooting for! :) 

That about sums up the first week of camp. Until next time.....