we are family.

to my 2011 staff.

we have spent five weeks together now. i'm pretty sure all of us would agree they haven't been easy. not all of us know why. i'm not totally sure either(but i have plenty of my own reasons). but there are two verses that i've thought a lot on this summer. i know yall have all heard both of them over and over, but just think about how they relate to camp.
both of them use a word that i think would describe all of us.

isaiah 40:30-31--
even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall. but those who hope in the Lord will find new strength. they will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

galatians 6:9--
let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time, we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

how many of you are weary? i am. and that's a big deal. ask anyone who worked with me in the past. i am never this low in june. (it's usually late july that i start to burn out) but the point is, all of us are. we're weary.

i was thinking about us a LOT while i was gone. i missed us. i missed hugs and notes and laughing about our girls, and somehow, i even missed all the stupid drama that i hate so much. it was weird, but only because i had expected to be glad to get away from that part of it. and i decided that it's because i love everyone too much to not be there for it. i feel like i abandoned everybody. (i totally could have waited until friday to go to the doctor, i don't even have strep!)

the point is. we're family. no matter whether it's a good day or a bad day, i love you guys. and we're gonna stick it out no matter how tired or frustrated we are. no giving up allowed. we still have a whole half a summer left together.