Girls' Retreat 2011

All week long there were many friendship
bracelets being made! I think I'm hooked
now as well. :)

Hello everyone! I have just gotten back from my 2nd camp session of the summer- Girls' Retreat. It was a wonderful week with a lot of fun and biblical truths. I was staffing; I was in charge of chapel and whatever else needed to be done. One of the things I noticed throughout the week that was really nice to see was the mentoring. The older women were mentoring the younger women and the girls, the younger women were mentoring the younger girls, etc. It was so awesome to see God's women walking side by side towards Him!! I hope that as staff, we were able to touch the lives of those girls. I am a firm believer in the fact that God brought each of us there for a reason. I could see Him working throughout the week and I hope the girls saw it too! I was able to reconnect with several of my friends, as well as meet many new girls and women who just amazed me! God is good!!

~Brooke

Blessed by Beautiful Friends

Hi readers, I know I've been promising posts about camp...and here I am about to go to camp again and I still haven't told you about the last time! Well I will tell you soon...but not today. Today I just wanted to write quickly and say: I am so blessed. I'm not talking about things- though the Lord has given me every earthly thing I could ever need and then some- I'm talking about people. He has put such beautiful people into my life. Sometimes, in ways I could never guess or imagine. He has put me in a beautiful family- I am SO blessed to be a part of them. He has given me a wonderful church family that I am blessed to have grown up in. He has given me some really great, amazing, wonderful friends. Some old friendships and some new friendships. I'm the kind of person that doesn't have a ton of friends. But the ones I do have...I am extremely thankful for. I would do almost anything for them, and I know they would do the same for me. I am so thankful for my friends!! I don't know what I'd do without em! :) The Lord has brought these friends into my life in such beautiful ways. I can only praise Him for them. Do you have a really good friend you just love? Praise God if you do!!

~Brooke 

Enjoying Today

Well readers currently I am enjoying the first day of our family vacation! The weather has been wonderful, if hot, and the water sure felt good today!! You know, I really enjoy "getting away" with my family. We all get to hang out, no one has to worry about work or school; it's just really nice. :) And I can't help thinking, I really don't know how much longer I will be here with my family. I don't know what God has planned for my future. I may be married and living in a different state in a couple of years, who knows? But I should take advantage of these years with my family while I still can. =) So remember that- make the most of what you have right now. Cause you never know where you will be tomorrow.

~Brooke