Camp Hawkins 2015
"Before I was born, God chose me and called me by his marvelous grace." Galatians 1:15
I am not sure where to begin telling about my summer, and all of the great things I learned. I worked at Camp Hawkins this summer in Mount Airy, Ga and Baxley, Ga. Camp Hawkins is a summer camp for youth ages 8 to 21 with developmental disabilities. Five of the six weeks I was a counselor for the camp.
At first going into camp as a new counselor made me a little nervous. Meeting new people that I would work with for the summer, and making friendships. When a friend told me I would make friendships to last a lifetime, she wasn't kidding. Honestly, when I first got there I thought there was no way that she was telling me the truth. By the end of 7 weeks I had so many new friendships, but more importantly I had more brothers and sisters.
Each of my campers taught me something different, and all of them were very unique in their own way. None of the campers are alike or the same, in fact all of my campers were completely different. I loved each one of my campers, and they each hold a very special place in my heart. The five weeks I had campers, I learned something new.
1. People in the world love these kids just as much as me. All of the counselors come together for the same camp to help and have fun with the campers.
2. There are ways that the campers literally changed my life. I didn't know that even when camp was over, that I would look back at my camp photos and still cry because of how awesome my experience was.
3. Everyone has a talent and that could be anything. God gives each of us a talent to use for him, and I saw many different talents in the campers. I know that through their talents they showed me that God doesn't make mistakes and, I was there by no mistake.
4. Before camp, I have always wanted to adopt. While I was at camp I saw all of the other sides of it that I had never thought of before. I still want to adopt, but it definitely helped me understand it in different ways.
5. You don't have to hear the words "I love you" in order to know that you are loved. There are so many more ways to show someone that you love them and I experienced a lot of that this summer.
This summer not only taught me life lessons, but also made me grow as a person. If you were to ask me, I would tell you that this summer was the best one yet!
Here are a few pictures from my summer:
I am not sure where to begin telling about my summer, and all of the great things I learned. I worked at Camp Hawkins this summer in Mount Airy, Ga and Baxley, Ga. Camp Hawkins is a summer camp for youth ages 8 to 21 with developmental disabilities. Five of the six weeks I was a counselor for the camp.
At first going into camp as a new counselor made me a little nervous. Meeting new people that I would work with for the summer, and making friendships. When a friend told me I would make friendships to last a lifetime, she wasn't kidding. Honestly, when I first got there I thought there was no way that she was telling me the truth. By the end of 7 weeks I had so many new friendships, but more importantly I had more brothers and sisters.
Each of my campers taught me something different, and all of them were very unique in their own way. None of the campers are alike or the same, in fact all of my campers were completely different. I loved each one of my campers, and they each hold a very special place in my heart. The five weeks I had campers, I learned something new.
1. People in the world love these kids just as much as me. All of the counselors come together for the same camp to help and have fun with the campers.
2. There are ways that the campers literally changed my life. I didn't know that even when camp was over, that I would look back at my camp photos and still cry because of how awesome my experience was.
3. Everyone has a talent and that could be anything. God gives each of us a talent to use for him, and I saw many different talents in the campers. I know that through their talents they showed me that God doesn't make mistakes and, I was there by no mistake.
4. Before camp, I have always wanted to adopt. While I was at camp I saw all of the other sides of it that I had never thought of before. I still want to adopt, but it definitely helped me understand it in different ways.
5. You don't have to hear the words "I love you" in order to know that you are loved. There are so many more ways to show someone that you love them and I experienced a lot of that this summer.
Here are a few pictures from my summer:
I am thankful to be able to call these people family, and to be able to lean on them for anything. Thank you for making this experience awesome, and I can't wait to see you guys soon! Thank you "mom and dad" for being the best parents, and loving us as your own. Thanks to my siblings for being awesome, silly, and taking family vacations together. 'Sunshine' loves and misses all of you!
The new counselors for Camp Hawkins 2015! You guys made the first year awesome and easy for the first year.
I think only one caption is necessary for this picture. 'Cause we are sisters!! We stand together!!' Thank you for everything, I already love and miss you guys so much! (Oh yeah.. Julia, please do not cry.. we are meeting up soon!)
Thank you Steven for all of the help and support this summer, I appreciate it! Also thank you for being you!
Lastly, thank you to the admin staff! Thank you for all of the hard work you do for all of the counselors. Kendra, Marc, and Jordan, thanks for all of your hard work, I don't have a picture with you! You guys are truly awesome, I love all of you!
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