Coach training ( Day 5) June 26th

Home day today, we went for breakfast at 8 am as usual. After that we started packing up all our stuff, cleaning, mopping, and vacuuming all the rooms.

Once we were done we all headed down to the river and went on canoes. The river was faster than usual today, so the camp directors stressed that it was important we stayed in the middle of the river to avoid flipping over. It was a pretty smooth ride for the most part, except my partner was slacking and not paddling while I did all the work. Made me paddle both sides! She also decided it would be fun to jump into someone else's canoe while we were heading down a fast part of the river. Funny thing is, she was so scared about flipping over before we got on the canoe. Now all of a sudden she decides to stand on the canoe, which is never a good idea and the boat kept rocking back and forth. I was really hoping and praying that I would not flip over and get wet...I already packed all my clothes. Anyways we survived, and headed back to shore where the camp directors picked us up and drove us back to the dining hall for lunch.

After lunch we sang/danced a thank you song to all of the staff there who were super friendly and awesome. (they even let us go on the canoes free of charge) Went back to the lodge and everyone started heading home.

What an amazing week it has been for me. I've learned so much from all the coaches there, as well as from God. Going into training camp I was really nervous about camps. I was so worried about how everything would run and how I would lead things. But God has just reminded me this week that he is with me through all this, and there is nothing that I cannot do with his help. Everyday I had to go out of my comfort zone this week, to do things I've never done before. But as Bev told me, that everyone needs to be stretched to grow. This week I believe that God has stretched me and I've already grown in a matter of a few days, I can't wait to see how much more growing I will do this summer and how much further  God will stretch me. God has already poured so much into me, and this summer I'm looking forward to pouring back out to all the campers, churches, billets, and volunteers as well!