Hey everybody. Last friday was my last day of school, and I am so blessed to have gone through such an amazing year. High school is much different than middle school, but that's what makes it so awesome. My TED talk went AMAZING if I didn't talk to you already about it. After I gave my speech, I had numerous students in my class come up to me and talk to me about my faith and how they had been meaning to ask me about my youth group and Young Life, but they just had never gotten around to it. I can already see the minds of those students churning and the need for something more becoming more and more of a reality. I can't wait to see what God is going to do next year! I am sad to say though that my journey is almost over. I am leaving for the ENTIRE summer to serve at 2 different Young Life Camps. First I will be serving at Wilderness Ranch in Creed, Colorado, where I will be on Work Crew, nannying the camp directors' 2 small kids. I will be there for 4 1/2 weeks, and I can't tell you how excited I am to be going! I leave on May 30, and I have been keeping a countdown for the past 3 weeks! I come back for one day, July 4th, and then my family and I are leaving on the 5th to serve at another Young Life Camp. We will be serving at Lost Canyon in Williams, Arizona, and that will also be for a month. My dad will be camp director and my mom childcare coordinator, and my siblings and I will get to meet lots of new people and serve in whatever ways we can. One week there my sisters and I will be childcare workers for when the teen moms come for the week. My mom works with teen moms in YoungLives and the mommies get to bring their kids and experience camp for a week. My sisters and I, along with all of the other childcare workers, get to take care of the kids while the moms get to experience teenage life again. I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE getting to serve at these camps, and I can't wait to get there already. I have been having dreams about these two camps that I am going to be working at since February. I am SUPER PUMPED!!! I grew up going to camps and serving for a month of my summer ever since I was little. Camp is like my second home, and getting to serve there is one of my favorite things to do. All of this being said, I will not be able to continue my blog throughout the summer. I am so sad, but just know that I will be serving Jesus and seeing kids' lives being changed every single week.
I don't know if I am going to keep going on my journey. I feel like I did the months that meant the most to me (possessions, clothing and media) and it would be really hard to keep going throughout my summer. I am going to be super busy and I want to be fully committed if I am going to do something, otherwise I just won't do it. God is working on me and I can't wait to see how He is going to continue to change my life throughout this summer. My journey has been amazing and I am so happy that I decided to do it, because without it, I wouldn't be the same person that I am today. I have encouraged many of my friends to try to go on this journey, and we will see what happens. I am extremely blessed to have gone through everything that I have, and I really want to do clothing month again in the future. Thank you all for following this blog and being committed to me and what I have been doing. I have loved having your support and I will continue to treasure it. This blog will not be going away, because I have loved sitting down and writing about how God is changing my life. It just might be called something else. I hope you all have a FABULOUS summer and I will be praying that God changes your life in new ways this summer. Please pray that God will use me this summer to affect others and show others His love. Also pray that I will meet and develop great friendships this summer and that I will learn to serve in ways that I never have before.
I want to thank my council for being there for me when I really needed it. You guys are amazing and I can't wait to see how God is going to use you seven. Thank you to all of the people who weren't on my council, but acted as if they were. You guys have been so amazing and I know that I can turn to you all in any situation. Every single person has been put into my life for a reason, and I thank God for you each and every day. I hope you all have a great summer, and I hope to keep in touch with you all throughout my crazy summer. (I will post the addresses to the camps below). God loves you all and wants to do amazing things with your lives! Can't wait to see what that is! love always, macy
Below are the camps I will be serving at and the dates I will be there:
May 30-July 2
Young Life Wilderness Ranch
P.O. Box 1274
Buena Vista, CO 81211
July 5-August 5
Young Life Lost Canyon
1450 Perkinsville Road
Williams, AZ 86046
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