breaking down walls.

Right now I'm drinking Airborne and tea like it's my job, and trying to rid myself of this runny nose and to ensure that I'm not sick for this weekend. Why, you ask? Well, most people hunker down during frigid winter weekends. I mean, why not? There's really no reason to go outside. It's dreadfully cold up here (except for the past few days it's actually been like in the forties, but rainy, so it's still miserable, and it makes you want to stay inside for weeks). There's so much snow on the ground that you feel like a Arctic explorer every time you venture outside, or in our current case there are three inches of ice on every smooth surface outside, making the roads and sidewalks a slippery death trap.  Quite unfortunate really. The combination of all of it really does makes one want to hibernate for the next three months.

But hibernation simply isn't an option for us fearless WOLBI students.  In less than two days, our campus will be invaded (that sounded too warlike) flooded by over 400 grade school kids from youth groups all over the country for a grand event called.....

 Snow Camp!

What's Snow Camp? Pretty much what it sounds like, but probably better than you could imagine. Snow Camp is a 44 hour camp experience that goes on for eight weeks just for middle and high schoolers in the dead of winter in the Adirondacks.  And it all takes place on the Word of Life property.  Every student here has to participate in a winter ministry, and the majority of people opt to do snow camp, because that means our ministry comes to us...and it's pretty much awesome.  There are tons of crazy, slightly dangerous activities including tubing hills, an ice chute (which is a frozen over water slide), the world famous Polar Plunge, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, and a whole lot more.  Basically, if you can think of an potentially injury-inducing activity that involves snow, we got it. 

Some of the students get to counsel the campers that come, and some of us get to work activities.  That's what I get to do this weekend.  I'll be spending most of my waking hours outside, assisting kids as they go down snow tubing hills, and I'm. So. Excited.  Seriously, what better way to spend my winter weekends?

As I mentioned before, we have less than 48 hours to break down walls and share the gospel with kids, or if they're already saved, we get to disciple them in their walks with God.  And even though I'm not counseling this first week, who knows what sort of opportunities I'll have to share the gospel with an unsaved camper.  You never know what opportunity God will place right in front of you.

It's gonna be tiring, and frigid, and absolutely insane, but it's all for God, so that pretty much makes it the best job in the world.

~grace&peace~

Song(s) of the Day:
*the video uploady thingy is being a meany-butt, but pretend the videos are here*
Singing in the Rain...from the musical Singing in the Rain.  (Because it's rainy outside, so might as well make the best of it with this song.)
And:
Oceans (Where Feet May Fail) by Hillsong United. (Because it's like the best worship song of 2013.)