The end.

As sad as it is. Project is over. But the plans that God has for my teammates and me isn't.

So here's a new blog of what God continues to do in my life after project as I go into a new year of being able to serve back home:

SLO time :D

Thank you all for your prayers and for your support.

Love&&Thanks,

Camille

Unforgettable

That is one word that describes this summer. Sorry for the lack of updates, but it has been extremely busy because of debriefing and wrapping up campus time. I'm currently sitting back at home, first time really being alone in a while. Today was filled with so much emotion. The majority of our team pulled an all nighter after banquet to pack, have fun, and just enjoy each other's company before the first three people left at 5:45 am.

I've never thought that I would be so sad to see people that I've only known for 7 weeks go, but that just shows how amazing our ohana is. I've been so blessed to be surrounded by such a strong God-centered community. As I was on the plane with one of my teammates, Tiffany, our time was filled with tears, sleep, and reflecting on the summer. We both concluded that the community was something that stood out to us most on this summer project. Before this, "brothers and sisters in Christ" really had no meaning to me other than just fellow Christians. But after this summer, after this ohana, I've been able to just see what that really encompasses. I truly can say that I love every single person on our team and that they will always have such a special place in my heart. My ohana has shown me what it really means to be brothers and sisters in Christ. The actions and words, especially today, just showed what it really looks to be a body of Christ. You could just tell that God's love just overflowed in our community, the care, the love, and the laughter were so constant.

Thank you Epic Hawaii Summer Project Ohana for showing so much of God's love.

I think my teammate, Tiffany can sum up my experience so well:

As I said my goodbyes to the rest of the the team while departing for the airport, I was suddenly struck with how much of God’s love was showered upon us through the interactions we had within our team. In every member I saw the fingerprints of God in their hearts, which was carried out through how well they loved on one another. My heart completely broke as the HPU team was rounded together and our campus liaison Joel prayed over our team. I don’t think I realized how much our team had been through until that moment. In the beginning, our team was the least cooperative and miscommunication was only resolved through a series of meetings and conflict resolution. While we were praying yesterday, I realized just how close our team had become because of how much we dealt through together, so much so that I can genuinely say they are my close brothers and sisters. We pressed on through all the trials because God was our empowerment, and though we were all so mentally, physically, and spiritually exhausted, we knew that God was working through us in expanding His Kingdom as well as building our community in Christ.

Other than that, I need time to process everything. As much as I would like to write every detail of what happened the past few days, the past few weeks, I can't. There are just so many questions, so many thoughts racing through my head. So here goes processing time/more time with God :] I'm such a mix of emotions too...so incredibly sad that my ohana is now off to their separate ways, yet so extremely happy to have the privilege to see each of them grow and experience God's unconditional love through this community.

Please pray for me and my ohana, that we would take the things that God has taught us the past few weeks and not leave them on the island. That we would realize that God sent us there not only to reach people in Hawaii, but also to equip us and sent us back home to do the same thing.