Teepee

Sunday ten wonderful girls from Hope Gardens (see below) arrived in my cabin for the week. On Monday, my supervisor had to move me to a different cabin because another group brought more kids than expected and the counselor to camper ratio was off. At first, this was difficult for me to have a good attitude about, but God was gracious enough to work in my heart and change it. I have since been having a blast with 11 girls from Bakersfield/Lancaster area.

This past Tuesday night we hiked up the hill and camped out in a teepee. We all laid in a circle with our heads in the middle. As I looked at those 11 beautiful little faces, I was reminded how incredible the image of God in His creation is. Before Liz (my co-counselor this week) sang us all to sleep, we had a sweet time of prayer together. It was encouraging to see some of the girls who hadn't opened up yet share during prayer requests time, but it was also difficult to hear the girls share such weighty requests. Here a few that were mentioned as we went around the circle:

• Pray for my dad - he is an alcoholic.
• Please pray that my mom will stay in Teen Challenge so she can get better and take care of us again.
• Pray for my mom and dad because my dad has a girlfriend.
• Pray for my parents because they have been fighting and I want them to stay together.
• Pray for my step-dad because eh works in the oil fields and it's really dangerous - he already lost a couple of fingers.
• Pray for my dad - he works in the oil fields 12 hours a day and I worry about him everyday he goes to work because it is dangerous.
• Pray for me because my older sister killed herself in March five days before her 17th birthday and my auntie died five days later.
• My dad is an alcoholic.
• Pray for my dad - he's a firefighter in Lancaster and last year two of his co-workers died. I worry about him.
• Please pray for my dad in prison.
• Pray for my brother in jail. I want him to get out because he has a baby.

Will you join me in praying for these requests this week? Thank you so much for even taking the time to read this. I feel your prayers and support - thank you!