Sunday, June 29, 2008

Home Stretch

Hello from Atlanta again! I've been to Virginia and back again. Camp seemed very different this week. It seemed more laid back and... I don't really know how to describe it. We only had 300 kids this week, which was SMALL, compared to the 1000 we had the week before. It was a good week though. I had my own room and bathroom, which was pretty great ;-). Other than that, I don't have much to report. I didn't really get to interact with the kids this week, which kinda bummed me out, but I'm doing a job and I understand that what needs to be done needs to be done. :-)

A touch of homesickness hit this week, so if you are reading this and you're from FBC Watauga, the SBTC or you live in my house, know that I MISS YOU!!!

So... sorry this was so short, but that's all I have to say. Please keep praying for me! I love you!!!

Friday, June 20, 2008

GO TELL Camp - Week 2

Well, we've made it through the second week of camp. And it was pretty much amazing. :-) I was in charge of Four Square again, and that was fun. There were a lot more kids this week. Played Miss Teen South Carolina 2007 again, manned cameras during worship, pretty much just hung out with the kids and had a blast.

Tomorrow morning, the interns are splitting up. Half of us are staying here and half are trekking up to Lynchberg, VA to work the camp at Liberty University. It's kind of sad. We're a great team and we all get along so well. It's going to be interesting to try to cover all of the bases with only half of the manpower we've had for the last 2 weeks. I'll let y'all know how it goes after it's over.

I'm starting to feel a little tired, but I think that might be because I stayed up too late on Wednesday and Thursday nights. But it was fun!

I hope that my cell phone will start receiving signal when we leave tomorrow, but I have no guarantees of this. Ive discovered that, although it's kind of inconvenient not to have it, it's also not absolutely necessary to have it. :-)

Alrighty y'all. I hope you know I'm missing you and I can't wait to see you FBC Watauga people in Houston and you people who are related to me in a few weeks. Oh! I almost forgot to ask y'all to pray for me: I still haven't figured out how I'm going to get to the airport in Louisville, KY to catch my flight down to Houston on July 11. Please pray that God would work out that small detail.

Thanks for reading! I'll try to update again next weekend. I love you!!!
~Allison~

Friday, June 13, 2008

GO TELL Camp - Week 1

Hello again everyone! I am still in Toccoa, and this morning we completed our first week of camp. What an amazing time. So many salvations, rededications and kids who surrendered to the Ministry.... It's got me way pumped for next week.

So... it's going to be hard to sum up a whole week worth of awesomeness in a blog that won't bore you to death as you continue to scroll down and down, searching for the end of the unbelievably long blurb... therefore I have decided to just touch on the highlights.

I was given my responsibilities last Sunday night, and this week I ran the Four Square court during rec. Not surprisingly, it was pretty quiet. The quietness ended up being great when a couple of girls from Laurel, MS stopped to play on Tuesday and ended up staying and just chatting with me for almost 4 hours. They came back and we talked more on Wednesday and that night I went to their church share group time. I shared my testimony with them and I really felt like God moved in a big way in the hearts of some of those kids. It was really, really amazing.

I was also assigned to be a "Camera Assistant," which means that I've been filming the worship services, which has been SO MUCH FUN. It's so cool to set up shots and see how you can do it differently to get different effects... I can't really explain it, but it's GREATNESS, take my word for it.

I performed in several skits this week and that was a lot of fun. On Monday night, I played Miss Teen South Carolina on a "Jimmy Kimmel Live"-type improv skit. That was a hoot and a half. :-D

I went into town today and had cell service, so I got to talk to my mom today, which was nice. :-)

I guess that's about it. All of the interns are still getting along well, so thank you for your prayers! I think that we have to change rooms this weekend because we've got so many campers coming in next week, which means sleeping 5 girls to a room instead of the 3 we're currently enjoying. So please keep praying!

I think that wraps it up... please keep praying for me and the other interns as often as God brings us to your hearts. Thanks y'all! Love you! Have a great week! I'll try to update again next weekend! Soli deo Gloria!!!

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Hello from Toccoa!!

Hey everyone! I feel like I haven't seen you in FOREVER!! (Yes, I know it's only been 6 days...)

Tomorrow our first camp starts and I am totally JAZZED! I can't wait to find out what my assignment will be. We'll get them tonight. I spent all day yesterday helping our tech crew, Acquire the Fire (aka ATF), unload all their equipment and begin to set it all up. I never knew how HEAVY all that sound euipment is! The cool thing about that is that I get to see how all the tech stuff is done. Yesterday a crew of about 10 interns helped ATF with all the stuff (about 6 girls and 4 guys) and when they told Tyler, the lead intern, that they would need more people to help today, they specifically asked for me and my new friend Olivia to come back and help them. They said we'd worked really hard and they wanted us back. I thought that was pretty cool.

Anyway... I have to go back and help do more tech stuff at 3, so I'd better close. My cell phone gets absolutely NO signal out here, so e-mails and comments on here are the best way to contact me. My e-mail address is chiquitaxbonita@hotmail.com. I hope everyone has a great week! I'll try to update again at some point this week, but if I were to guess when I'll get a chance to borrow someone's computer again, I'd say it'd probably be next Sunday. Have a wonderful week everyone, and please pray for our team. We're getting along wonderfully right now, but I know that as camp gets running, we're going to get run down. Please pray for strength, endurance, wisdom and lots and lots of understanding! :-) See y'all in about 6 weeks, give or take. I love you!!!

Hello from Toccoa!

Hey everyone! I feel like I haven't seen you in FOREVER!! (Yes, I know it's only been 6 days...)

Tomorrow our first camp starts and I am totally JAZZED! I can't wait to find out what my assignment will be. We'll get them tonight. I spent all day yesterday helping our tech crew, Acquire the Fire (aka ATF), unload all their equipment and begin to set it all up. I never knew how HEAVY all that sound euipment is! The cool thing about that is that I get to see how all the tech stuff is done. Yesterday a crew of about 10 interns helped ATF with all the stuff (about 6 girls and 4 guys) and when they told Tyler, the lead intern, that they would need more people to help today, they specifically asked for me and my new friend Olivia to come back and help them. They said we'd worked really hard and they wanted us back. I thought that was pretty cool.

Anyway... I have to go back and help do more tech stuff at 3, so I'd better close. My cell phone gets absolutely NO signal out here, so e-mails and comments on here are the best way to contact me. My e-mail address is chiquitaxbonita@hotmail.com. I hope everyone has a great week! I'll try to update again at some point this week, but if I were to guess when I'll get a chance to borrow someone's computer again, I'd say it'd probably be next Sunday. Have a wonderful week everyone, and please pray for our team. We're getting along wonderfully right now, but I know that as camp gets running, we're going to get run down. Please pray for strength, endurance, wisdom and lots and lots of understanding! :-) See y'all in about 6 weeks, give or take. I love you!!!

Friday, June 6, 2008

A Message From Allison!

Hey everyone! I am writing tonight from Norcross, GA.

We've been here for almost 3 days now, learning everything we can about how to be a youth camp staffer. It's been SO crazy busy, but it's been wonderful. All of the other interns are so great. I can tell we're probably going to get along famously. : )

Tomorrow we will load the truck and pile into the cars and high tail it to Toccoa, GA, where we will begin our first camp on Monday. I cannot tell you how excited I am to get this show on the road.

The highlights of the week would definitely be being selected as a member of the drama team, gaining more of an idea of what being a GO TELL intern is all about, and a really sweet time of sharing & exhortation that spontaneously occurred during lunch today. I feel like there is a place where I will fit here, and I know that God is going to do some awesome moving and shaking in the next 6 weeks.

That's all I have for now. I'm posting this by way of my wonderful friend Amanda who received this in a facebook message. I have yet to find an available computer here in GA, so I've used my phone to access facebook and message her all of this. Thank you Amanda Jo!

Good night everyone!

I'll try to update again sometime this week or next weekend. Love you!