A weekly blog!

Greetings!

My name is Johanna and I'm the Program Director at Crooked Creek Christian Camp. *Sigh* I think every email for the last month has started out like that! And yet, I am still realizing the full power of that statement. I am no longer a student. I am no longer just trudging from class to class, and doing work because I have to. I am a Program Director. My responsibility at work is to plan events and activites for all ages that will delight and entertain AND bring them closer to the Great Creator. This morning already, I've emailed pastors in the surrounding areas, mapped out a schedule for 2008 and read an article or two from the camp magazine, "In Site". It's not even lunch time yet! I just can't believe I'm getting paid to do this!

I'm not going to tell the story of how I came to be a year-round staffer at camp, but trust me, it's a wonderful story. However, it's not MY story. It's a God story in which I get to play the leading lady. To sum it up into one statement, this job is an answer to a prayer I hadn't even dared to whisper.

Enough background for now. The point of this blog is to provide a little glimpse into the world of camp beyond just summer kid's camp. It is a whole new world to me and one I enjoy immensly. Right now, camp is being enveloped in the transitional season of fall. The leaves are changing in all sorts of firery colors and falling to the ground to open up a window to see beyond the woods. A family of deer is seen daily just grazing. And just in case all was not beautiful enough, God threw in a perfect blue sky to complete the fall day. Personally, I am a spring-lover, but on days like this, I can't help but say that THIS is the day that the Lord has made. Let us be glad and rejoice in it!

I will update this blog weekly. I hope to provide a glimpse into the many Adventures at Crooked Creek, but also share with you the lessons of my heart. God is here at camp.