Passion

Tonight a guy from the church that owns Camp Merriwood came tonight and talked with us. I really like him because he is just out that and says whatever and is not afraid to challenge you.

He talked with us about Paul in Acts and how passionate he was about the church, and how we should be that passionate. Basically if Paul wasn’t passionate about the church then we wouldn’t be here right now. I’ve heard other people talk about Paul in this regard and it just hit me tonight. I want to be that passionate about my ministry, so passionate that whenever people think of me they think of someone who loves the Lord and is extremely passionate about his ministry. I know some of you know how passionate I am about camp, but I want the Lord to shine through this and not myself. I don’t want camp to be about me and having a good time or whatever personal agenda I have.  I want the rest of this summer and the rest of my life to be to serve God and do whatever it is he wants for me, and I want to be passionate about it, so passionate that people will believe what I am doing is for the Lord.

Camp

Alright 2 blogs in a matter of minutes!?!? I know what you are thinking…”He’s crazy!!” I have just had a lot on my mind and staff training starts today at Merriwood Christian Camp and I’m very excited. If you have talked with me about camp you would know that I would not do anything else for any amount of money. I love camp, I hope to be the direcetor of a camp or someday start my own camp.

Last year the director, Jeff, stepped down because he felt he was called to another camp, he had been there for 17 years and he made Merriwood what it has become, awsome. And most of the staff felt the same way. This summer we have the highest percentage of returning staff, ever. I just want to ask for prayer for this group of young men and women. The thing is the guy who is doing his job this year isn’t Jeff, and the staff need to realize that when we are getting the program ready and with the way things are handled, I have complete confidence that this man will be able to take over and make this a great summer program. Just pray that people, (myself included) won’t be frustrated with each other and that our focus won’t shift from what it needs to be.

On a similar note, during the week of June 11th-15th we need male volunteers for day camp. All you do is pair up with a counselor and help him contain these rowdy but cute day campers. Lunch will be provided and I’m sure I could swing dinner also. The campers come around 9 am and leave right before dinner around 5pm. It’s only a 30-40 minute drive from greensboro, unless you live where Mike Reeve lives, then it will take about 1 hour. If you are interested just leave a comment or send me an e-mail at vargas_vargas @hotmail.com.

More than a feeling.

Yesterday I went to a lot of churches, I went to 3 services all at different places. (I know what you are thinking, I’m really holy) But anyways, I went to Mike’s church plant with I’ve been wanting to go to for a while, I went to The Ridge where I normally go and then as I’m eating lunch with my roomate Brian he askes me to go to his church, which starts at 3 by the way because it’s predominatly college age/young married couples age. I told him no at the time that I had to get back to camp and get ready for the staff that comes today. And as I was driving to the interstate I just had this feeling like I should go to this church, I can’t explain it and I certainly don’t get these feelings often, or ever. I just felt like the Lord wanted me to go.

Now I really don’t know why he wanted me to, but I turned around and went. I saw some people that I knew because they hang out with Brian and I have just become friends with them in the process, and the pastor and his wife are awsome. So I’m sitting there waiting for this divine intervention from God telling me why I’m here and what I’m supposed to do with it. The singing passes, and this girl Brandi whom I had met and hung out with a couple of times gave her testimony, powerful stuff mind you, then the pastor spoke a little and I left. As I was leaving I’m thinking to myself “Why was I here?, Why did I feel so strong about going?” You know maybe I shouldn’t have been just sitting there looking for the sign because I probably missed it, or it just hasn’t been revealed to me. But I’ve never done that before, just have that urge to do something like that. It’s just like Brian flipped a switch in my mind when he asked me to go to church with him. I don’t understand it.

Last Day

It’s such a relief to say that tonight was my last night at Rockola. I have worked there for quite a while and frankly it was getting old because I could not see myself working there for the rest of my life. (let alone the rest of my college career) But the reason that I am quitting is only for the summer so I can do what I am crazy passionate about….CAMP!!! I love working at camp. Especially Merriwood Christian Camp because it’s amazing. When I think about it I just get uber-excited. Just the thought of spending a whole summer serving God and working with kids and being able to be a kid, in case you all didn’t know I’m a kid at heart. As soon as school was over a little load was lifted off my back and I was able to breath a little, now that I’m done with work my lungs are filled with fresh air and I am exstatic about this summer.

I can’t remember ever being excited about something before for so long. Ever since I left camp last summer I have been literally counting down the days when I could go back and just do what I believe God wants me to do. I’m sure hanging out with youth for a whole summer would drive most of you up a wall, I thrive on it. I love working with youth, they bring something out in me that nothing else can, I feed of their energy as much as they feed off of mine (and I have a lot). Right now I look forward not only to this summer but to the up coming years praying to God that I will be able to do this, and that I will be in a ministry that is truley blessed by him.

I ask of all who read this to pray for me as I face many challenges of kids who are homesick, or have “it” as we like to call it, kids who have questions that we as adults would never think to ask, and just being able to keep up with them all summer. And pray that I will let God work through me.

I leave on Tuesday for camp and could not be any more excited.

Growth

You know for the past couple of months I have just felt that I was not going anywhere. I was at a job that I hate. I really didn’t like school, or for a better point the classes I was taking. I just felt like I wasn’t growing and I was focusing on how I was going to grow in the future, and not thinking about how I was growing right then. Now I can’t tell you right now all the ways I have been growing, but it has come to my attention thanks to a talk with Mike Reeve that right now I may not see the ways I’m growing, but in a few months, years, decades, I will be able to look back on this time and all the things that I have been dealing with and see how I have grown. It is really encouraging to hear that because now I can just focus on today and what it is that I need to do, instead of planning how I’m going to grow in the future and just say that this phase of my life is just a “plateau” where nothing is happening.

Sports

I don’t know why I chose this subject to start off my blogging experience, but all I know is that I am sick of the way sports have become.  One thing happens that stands out and the media takes it and blows it way out of proportion. Like this Roger Clemens thing. OK, the yankees got him, he’s going to play for them, that’s all we need to know. Who cares how many games he’s projected to win, who cares how much he’s getting paid. (It’s the yankees so we know that they will spend whatever to get whoever) I can expect one day of media frenzy over this, but it’s been a few days now and all I hear about now on Sportscenter is “How many games will Clemens win?” “Will he be able to bring the yankees out of this funk?” Let’s just wait until June when he is probably going to start playing to find out. Until then lets focus on things that really matter in the world of sports like, NBA playoffs.

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