Snarls Darkly

Firstly I wish to state that the title of this blog post has absolutely nothing to do with it's content whatsoever.

So I'm a Junior Counselor or "Cabin Leader" if you don't like the misleading nomenclature of "Counselor". Chris is my Senior Counselor, he does everything and I do everything I can to help. The head counselor just came and told me that he watches everyone, and that he thinks I've been doing a good job. I spilled all my concerns to him, all the things I've had to deal with and am still dealing with. He says that next week he wants to make me a Senior Counselor, with my own Junior Counselor to be mentored by me and to help me. That would shift a lot of responsibility onto myself. Most notably, I would have to actually keep track of whether these kids are wearing sunscreen, drinking enough water, eating enough, taking their medication, etc. - things Chris takes car of. I would feel even more responsible when these kids show absolutely no interest in talking about God, and when it seems impossible to have a serious descussion at all. Hopefully by the end of this week I will have dealt with that, and figured out just what exactly the signs of spiritual growth in a 9 year old are.

There's this one kid who just lays in his bed at night shouting the most ridiculous things- "Potty humour" as my mom would say, and there's no way to control him. It seems to get worse and worse, yesterday I stood right next to him and prayed softly while he shouted, but I eventually just left him alone. There is no way to make this kid sleep when you want him to, there is no way to control him. I'm past the point of being angry at him and now I'm just trying to do my best to love him, and it's getting easier.

They say that at camp the quiet, the darkness, the long nights can force a kid to be alone with his thoughts, and that God can speak to them then. Sometimes I wish we could tie this kid to a tree and come back for him in the morning. I just want something good to take place inside of him, but it's the quiet times that he becomes the most unreasonable. Please pray that God would work in him through us.