Rested

God is SO good! Ever since the beginning of winter quarter I have been drained like no other! This past week has been one of the most hectic, with finals, packing, moving, support raising, and a bunch of errands, it's been go, go, go lately. I praise God for giving me a day of rest and a time to really relax and process everything that has been going on lately.

Anyway, after settling in our dorms in Hawaii, we finally got to rest. The project directors realized the work that we had put in that weekend for support raising and the stress of that situation and decided to have today as a day of relaxation and rest. We ended up going to North Shore, specifically Waimea Bay!

This place is know for this huge rock that people jump off of! As many of you know, I have a fear of heights, drowning, and falling off something, so the task of jumping off the rock was a huge one! But of course, I wanted to jump off anyway! After much encouragement from Summer Project people, the comfort of knowing that friends were close enough to help me if I needed help swimming to shore, and a lot of time, I jumped! It was AWESOME!



I realize that this is going to happen a lot during project. I'm going to need to overcome a lot of fears that I have. Throughout this summer, I'm going to face many situations where I have to face my fears head on, and I'm ready for that. Like jumping off the rock and having my Summer Project people supporting me, it's the same with the situations I'm going to face. I find comfort that the community I'm in are there to encourage me and support me! But even more so I find comfort in knowing that God is there!! I'm so excited to see what God has in store for me when I decide to take a step, or jump of faith! He has crazy things in store for Hawaii! Praise God that although I have these fears, they don't stop me from accomplishing things!

sidenote: My roommate loves to dance and same with a few others on project. We discovered that they have dance classes on campus that we can take :] I seriously feel like God is going to do wonders with my passion for dance, because my passion for Him is first. <3


Anyway, here are some praises/prayer requests:

Praises:
- Time of rest/relaxation/team bonding!
- Support raising still going well
- Safe trip to Hawaii

Prayers:
- We would not lose sight of why we are here
- That we would see outreach as something constant, not something blocked into our schedule
- Finding peace, strength, comfort, and everything in the Lord
- Making time to be with God
- Boldness in initiating conversations and sharing :]


Anyway, time to hit the pillow, tomorrow's gonna be quite a day!

Love&&Thanks,

Camille