Moments that can’t be summed up in pictures frustrate me. In general the pictures I take sum up experiences better than my words do. When it comes to things like camp both words and pictures (from my iPhone, I didn’t take my camera) do not do justice.

This year for camp we went to BigStuf. I had never been before so I was both nervous and excited for the experience my girls would have. 

The coolest part of camp for me was during the “Entertainment hour” for the campers there was a leadership study for the “adults” on the trip. During one of the lessons they shared the stat that 50-70% of college freshmen who were raised in church will fall away from faith in Jesus Christ. I have heard this many times but looking at my girls it suddenly made me nervous. They are all awesome girls with potential to amazing things in the worlds they are apart of.

Luckily before my mind could race too far with fear of where they could end up in four years, the next point was, “It’s not your job to change them, it’s your job to love them.”

Thank God he is one who holds their hearts and will be with them past high school and every other life event I may not be around for.

Going through my prayer list I was reminded of what my friends were up to: Like Chelsea In Swaziland and Hannah teaching/tweeting her 8th grade girls. They make me smile. “College Life” has not hindered but instead massively advanced their faith. 

These thoughts of my friends working for growth of the Kingdom of God made me think or pray rather. These are the things I hope my girls are blessed with. I hope they move to another city where they are bold enough to jump into a new church, teach a middle school Sunday School, and just be happier than they could ever imagine. I hope they go to foreign countries and lose their hearts to orphans but find their purpose and joy in loving those who absolutely need it most. And maybe one of them will hang around Augusta and lead a small group of girls who want to stay up eating pizza then wake up early and run on the beach. I love these girls so much and can’t wait for the next few years with them 🙂