Camp

The more I live here in Colorado the more I am in love with the beauty the Lord displays in Nature. Also here specifically at CCR I feel more and more at home with the staff and community.

I think it takes me a while to adjust to a new place and truly feel accepted and loved. Some of it has to do with my own insecurity and some of it is just the fact the major change in location takes time to really feel comfortable. It is the end of March, and the snow is melting. We still have a month left that Winter Park Resort will be open and I can go snow boarding. However I believe this coming sunday may be my last day on the Mountain for awhile. The snow is hard and slushy, and Icy. Seeing as I have had an incredible season I have nothing to complain about however, I have become a slight snow snob. Though next year when I most likely will not be in the west I think my upper class snow attitude will diminish when I only come to CO twice a year to do some boarding. We shall see.

The friendships I have in this world are some of the best. I was saving this post for when Tim Barnes sent me photos of his and David Perks trip out here however he has yet to edit them and get back to me. So I will say what is in my head and heart.

The Lord really has put key players in my life that have influenced the way I interact with people, the way I love people, and the way I love God. I believe two of these players are Tim Barnes and David Perks. I worked with these fellas for two years up at Young Life's Saranac Village in the Adirondack mountains. We grew in friendship over those two summers. Then have had to many incredible adventures and dumb stories together. Many more were made over there trip to visit good ol' Fraser CO. One such dumb adventure was when we decided it would be fun to snow shoe up Sheep mountain which is the mountain on the back side of camp. The trip up wasn't exiting but down we decided to run in our snowshoes down and take pictures. Hilarity ensued because at some point all of us took a headlong tumble into about 3-5 feet of powder. Im sure one can imagine.

But these are the kind of friends that no matter how much you talk, see each other, or how close you live, are always as close to you as a brother. You cant stop laughing and you can always be open about how Christ is moving in your life. I dont know exactly how to say it. They are the kind of people you want to be around. So I hope that the Lord has placed a person or persons like this in your own life.