Jenna Currey

Expanding the REACH of the Gospel in Paraguay

…Camp Mahnahmanha

Posted by on Jul 9th, 2009 in Uncategorized | Discuss This Post Share

My cabin of girls

CAMP!!!
This past month I had the amazing privilege to work as a camp counselor at Camp Mahnahmanha for a week. Friends of the family who live near Chicago invited Matthew, my little brother, and I to come to camp near them. Matthew and I took the train…14 hours…from Syracuse to Chicago.
I have never worked as a camp counselor before so I was a little nervous. It didn’t take me long to realize that I was going to love it! I was on the Green team and worked with the junior high kids. We played the craziest games…learned about the armor of God…and slept very little.

The temperatures were in the 90’s all week and with the heat index it felt like 110-115 degrees. It was a struggle to stay cool but we were thankful for the sunshine.
I had the best cabin! Six very different…very talkative girls! Being around them reminded me of what it was like to be a junior higher. I prayed that God would use me in their lives as an encouragement. My favorite part of the day was cabin devotions. To hear the girls talk about what the Lord was teaching them was challenging to me.
As I look back over my first camp counselor experience I can’t help but see how God molded me into his image…chipping away at me and revealing more of Himself. The lessons I have learned are priceless!

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