Recently, I returned from a trip to Hillsdale, Michigan for a weeklong summer camp with my church's youth group and about 600 other teenagers. It has been many years since the last time I was able to make this trip, but it was good to be able to go and see some old friends, make some new ones, and really just to get a refreshing from God. During my stay, my job duties included security (go figure) and team leader. As a team leader, I had a group of 12 teenagers in the 16-18 age group, I had a great time trying to coach my team during the games; though we finished around 8th.
Now, trying to do security at night was not all that fun. There are always some guys who think it is cool to get out of their cabins at night and try to make it across the lake to the girls' side to prank them. For the most part, they mostly fail except for a few individuals who like to get out at the wee hours of the morning and cause me to lose sleep. This does not make me a very happy person to be around. On the last night, I went to sleep at 6AM till 8AM when we had to pack and leave. The reason being, some guys got out, which we knew they were but did nothing to stop it, and they tried to cause some trouble. All they did was run around the woods until about 1:30AM. For the remainder of the night, I just patrolled around camp in a speedily golf cart.
On a side note, I have been adding some new photos to my flickr and will continue to do so. Some people thought that I was back in Iraq, rather these are old photos from last year that I thought were inappropriate to post at the time. So, enjoy.
About Me
- James McCauley
- Leader of men, teller of tall tales, legend in my own mind, U.S. Marine extraordinaire, stream fordable, air dropable, beer fueled, water cooled, author, lecturer, traveler, bum, philanthropist, occasional hero, semi-pro comedian, freedom fighter and defender of the faith.
4 comments:
There is a part of me that wishes that I would have gone to Impact this year. But it was that, or a trip to Fort Meyers... Not a hard decision.
Its nice to see that some things will never change. Boys, no matter what, will sneek out to do some kind of damage. The security will inevitably be pissed off. And somehow, through all of that, God will move.
That is the only thing I missed.
Glad to hear that you are making an impact on the kids at your church, even if it's scare tactics and such. I'm having a pow-wow with the new junior high head and his wife tonight (from our church)...seems I'm being recruited. I hope it works out, as I've missed youth ministry this last few months when the town youth ministry fell apart after the Superbowl--and being in ministry at my home church is a lot more appealing.
BTW-I finally completed my degree requirements last Friday. No more school for me, at least for awhile.
I hope you are well...you sound a bit more light hearted in this post.
Candice
always nice to see more pictures from your tour of duty!
I thought of you today. August 3 has not been forgotten.
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