Friday, July 10, 2009

She's Home!


Rachel the weary camper is now back in our midst! Her daddy, brothers and i picked her up at church around a quarter til noon. She came bearing candy and other goodies along with a new Webkin. Also among her goodies was a trophy for "Camper of the Day", which she won on Wednesday.


Rachel's group leader, Mrs. Kelley, told me how Rachel held doors for people, waited on them and never complained. What a joy to know she has such a sweet servant's heart!


I am sure we will be hearing more and more in the days to come and i can't wait to hear it all. For the time being, Rachel is pretty tired (as to be expected) and i sent her to get a shower because she had an orange scalp and faded writing on her face-remenants of "Organized Mass Chaos Day" that took place yesterday. Even though she showered last night the paint and ink lingered.


One exciting piece of news she did share with us on the way back home was that 8 kids gave their hearts to Christ this week! Now that is something to rejoice over.


As Rachel rests and catches up on her sleep she is sure to remember and share her camp experiences with us. We are all eagerly awaiting to hear of her adventures! Until then we are just glad to have her back home. I asked her if she wanted to do it again next year and she did not hesitate to answer, "yes!".


Now Rachel's brothers want to know when they get to go to camp. It will still be a few years before Reece and Sawyer get to go but Brogan will be going next year. He can't wait!

And now i would like to share Rachel's memory verse for the week at camp:

"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth."

John 1:14

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Jenna has talked nonstop up until about an hour ago...she's slowly fading since she had her shower :) I suspect it will be an early night! I'm so glad she and Rachel were able to spend this week together. Their friendship is truly a blessing!

Rachel said...

Hey Mom! Thanks I had a awesome week! buut it would have been even better if ya'll were there to! I missed ya'll so much so glad to be home!
love rachel

charis said...

Lisa, I tried to get Rachel to take a nap this afternoon but she wouldn't though it was obvious how tired she was. Don't know if she thought she might miss something!Jeremy and i were talking today about how glad we were that Rachel and Jenna got to be together this week. We are blessed by their friendship too!
Rachel, we are so glad you went and had so much fun. We missed you too but hope to see you go again next year! Love you!