Losing Your Daily Bread

I spend much of the last two days looking for my lost Bible, and just as I was about to give up the search, I spotted it sitting outside one of the buildings here at camp, out in the open where anyone could see it. Throughout the process, I was frustratedly wondering what God was trying to teach me, and looking back on it, I am both encouraged and humbled. I am encouraged because losing my Bible (with years of underlining and notes in the margins) was truly upsetting to me and I felt as if I was lost without it - a feeling that tells me I value God's words as my daily bread. I was also humbled because I became angry with God for allowing my Bible to be lost (i.e. "Come on Lord, you tell us to spend time with you and then allow me to lose your Word!") instead of continuing to trust in His goodness. It was sinful to blame God for my own carelessness in losing my Bible, and I am ashamed that I allowed something like this to change my demeanor not only toward God, but toward others here at camp. Even through something as simple as this, I have learned to be more aware of my own anxieties and trust God more fully in His care for me.

As far as camp goes, things are well. I have been sitting in on discussions with the 11-13 year olds on a daily basis so the kids can be more comfortable with me, even on days we are not making videos. As the lessons are completely in French, I have been frustrated as I cannot contribute to topics I feel I could help the kids understand. This has forced me to pray that the discussions would glorify God rather than guide the discussions using my own knowledge. I must trust that God is good and will look after these kids even if I cannot help the process with my words. However, this difficulty has had one benefit - I have spent discussion times memorizing Bible verses in French to gain (double) points for the red team in this year's family camp challenge. The kids have much appreciated this, and I have enjoyed the challenge.

We could use some prayer for Chelsea, as she went down sick this morning and could not help prepare today's bag lunches. She said she will be fine for dinner prep tonight, but I know prayer would help give her the energy she needs. (Especially since she is preparing a traditional Thanksgiving dinner for the families tonight.) I think the amount of work she has put into these camps over the past two months has truly worn her down. Less than a week to go!

We will be making one more video with the kids for this camp, and as always, I hope to post them soon. I will try to post the shorter videos from adult camp today, and the longer video from youth camp has been posted on my facebook page. Unfortunately, if you do not have facebook, you will have to wait until we get back to the states and I can upload it you youtube for you to watch.

God bless,
David