Hi all!
I've been living at Riverside Lutheran Bible Camp for a month.
Living at a Bible Camp is a very cleansing, very uplifting experience.
Especially since I'm in constant community with other young believers. I'm learning a lot. A lot about myself. At first I was kind of scared to be here, but God is a god of boldness, and he's been gradually shaking my fears away. I'm becoming more confident about why I'm here and who I am and how I fit into God's awesome family.
Week One I was at Mason City Day Camp. It was off the hook. Aside from the fact that it was emotionally, spiritually, and physically exhausting, I totally fell in love with day camp. It's awesome to minister to such energetic young children. And our host family was awesome.
This past week I had a cabin of 10 and 11 year olds with my good friend Rachel Stone as my co-counselor. Total different pace from day camp. But the girls were all super smart and super into learning about our awesome Jesus. It was fun to just be with them and experience everything that happens during a week at Riverside. And to help them put together a performance art piece for the camper talent show featuring Amazing Grace, crazy dancing, and knitting.
Yesterday I had some decent quiet time. You'd think it'd be easier to get that working here. God bless the weekends.
This week I'm working in the kitchen, which will be a radically different experience AGAIN. I just bought an awesome Riverside hat, which I am currently wearing. Made the trip to Cornerstone church in Ames this morning. I was shook up at first (nervous), and almost walked out, but glad I didn't. I really liked the church, overall, but nothing can beat zion.
I MISS YOU, DES MOINES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Next weekend I'm coming home.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Just wanted to share...
I "stumbled upon" this.
The Beatles, Jackson Five vs Green Day - Hey Jude, I'll be there (Mashup-Germany) by Mixes and Mashups #21
The Beatles, Jackson Five vs Green Day - Hey Jude, I'll be there (Mashup-Germany) by Mixes and Mashups #21
Monday, May 2, 2011
So...He Might Be Okay
I just read an article that suggests that Fred and George's tail might've fallen off simply because it was too big and making it difficult for the kid to move around.
I'm gonna keep with the salt.
If anyone has an opinion...
Emergency Fish Problem
Today I am making a post to tell you that something is horribly wrong with my fish.
I came in to look at him today and I noticed that a good portion of his tail was just...gone. I don't know what happened to it. And I shudder to think. His tail is just much shorter today than it was yesterday. At first I wondered if I was imagining things, but I looked at pictures and videos I've made of him in the past, especially the one from yesterday, and compared tail size. It's definitely shorter. Devastatingly shorter. Overnight.
This is a picture of him from yesterday afternoon, when I was makingmy video of homage:
And this is a picture from today:
This is the worst thing that has ever happened to him. I can't imagine it is fun to have half your tail gone. It probably hurt him. And now, though he's still swimming around, it's probably more difficult and less fun. What pains me the most is that I didn't even see this coming. I thought that he was happy and healthy. Fine one day, crippled the next.
When I first got Fred and George, I read a lot about betta diseases, among them fin rot. I used to be concerned that he might have fin rot or something similar, so I was a freak about changing the water, and I even put salt in it to kill any bacteria. When I was convinced that his fins were super healthy I stopped worrying so much, and I stopped putting the salt in the water.
This came totally out of nowhere, and I'm freaked out because I don't know what could possibly happen next. But I have already changed the water today and added salt. I'm going to change his water as often as I can, and keep putting salt in his tank. Maybe when I get back to Des Moines I'll check out some antibiotics.
I'll keep you posted.
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