summer's beginning.

It's been forever since I've posted! I feel terrible. Life has been a little crazy, but it's about to get crazier.

I just finished my first semester of college with straight As, and have applied to a few places for a job on top of my regular summer job.
I work 10 weeks out of the summer at a local Christian horse camp, teaching kids how to ride and adventuring outdoors with them doing zip lines, ropes courses, and many other things. The camp has been an integral part of my life for so many years, I can barely imagine a summer without it. I've been involved since I was 11 years old slowly moving up in the ranks, first as a camper, then I started taking riding lessons and learning all I could about horses. Fast forward 3 years and I became a Jr. Wrangler. The Jr. Wranglers are our teen volunteers who help with teaching our campers to ride and learn about horses. 3 years after becoming a Jr. Wrangler, at age 17, I was promoted to a paid, full time camp counselor. I've learned so many life lessons, made life long friends that are basically my family and have become a woman I know I would never be without it. It's pretty crazy thinking about how things like my camp can influence a person's life. That's one of the reasons I enjoy working and being a part of this ministry so much, because I know I'm making a difference in the lives of children. It's a passion I pray never leaves my soul.

On a different note, my favorite amusement park, Kings Island, has opened for the summer. My sisters and I both have season passes and go pretty often to ride their record breaking coasters. It's pretty cool that we have the world's longest wooden and world's longest inverted roller coasters. I never would've guessed when I was younger that now I would be riding these giant roller coasters, because when I was younger those tiny little viking boats scared the crap out of me!

Well, that's all for today. Hopefully I'll be back soon!