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elsajeniWell... first off, I'm unbelievably exhausted. Staying up until 4 in the morning is highly overrated, especially when you then wake up at 6. On the other hand, if I had tried to go to sleep after the Power Shuffle instead of staying up talking about it... I don't know. It wouldn't have been good.
I've just returned from SWUUSI, in case you weren't sure. That's the church camp I go to every summer, the one I met Ram at a few years back. This year, for the first time, I went to the high school program, 40 miles away from the camp I've been going to. A lot of things were different (aside from the fact that I was around 110 people between the ages of 14 and 19; talk about hormones...). I think I'll explain everything later. Right now I'm awfully burned out on it all.
No, I'm going to start now. A little over a year ago, I started trying to go to YRUU events. My first Rally was Houston, and one of my really good friends was there, and it was good. My second was OKC, and it wasn't good. I didn't have any of my friends there, and I was a shy newcomer, and a lot of the older people who already knew all of each other, well, let us just say I wasn't treated right. So, well, that was last June, and the next YRUU event I went to after that was this SWUUSI. This time I was there with friends, a big group of people I already knew and loved and knew I could go to, and I think because I had that I was able to start making friends with some of the older youth. So, I'm going to Rallies this year.
Then there's this SWUUSI. Hell, was it ever different. I'll write all about it later, when I feel more capable of expressing it. I'll just say that I'm going back to the main camp next year, and that there are some things I'll really miss about the high school camp. Those are the astounding sense of community, the Power Shuffle (which led to what I think was probably the most important night of my life, that being last night and the reason I'm kind of burned out now), and sleeping on the shore of the lake every night it was possible.
I'm sorry. I started this entry wanting to tell you everything, absolutely everything. I can't. I'll try again later. But for now, I'm back, and I feel unbelievably great. Goodnight.
I've just returned from SWUUSI, in case you weren't sure. That's the church camp I go to every summer, the one I met Ram at a few years back. This year, for the first time, I went to the high school program, 40 miles away from the camp I've been going to. A lot of things were different (aside from the fact that I was around 110 people between the ages of 14 and 19; talk about hormones...). I think I'll explain everything later. Right now I'm awfully burned out on it all.
No, I'm going to start now. A little over a year ago, I started trying to go to YRUU events. My first Rally was Houston, and one of my really good friends was there, and it was good. My second was OKC, and it wasn't good. I didn't have any of my friends there, and I was a shy newcomer, and a lot of the older people who already knew all of each other, well, let us just say I wasn't treated right. So, well, that was last June, and the next YRUU event I went to after that was this SWUUSI. This time I was there with friends, a big group of people I already knew and loved and knew I could go to, and I think because I had that I was able to start making friends with some of the older youth. So, I'm going to Rallies this year.
Then there's this SWUUSI. Hell, was it ever different. I'll write all about it later, when I feel more capable of expressing it. I'll just say that I'm going back to the main camp next year, and that there are some things I'll really miss about the high school camp. Those are the astounding sense of community, the Power Shuffle (which led to what I think was probably the most important night of my life, that being last night and the reason I'm kind of burned out now), and sleeping on the shore of the lake every night it was possible.
I'm sorry. I started this entry wanting to tell you everything, absolutely everything. I can't. I'll try again later. But for now, I'm back, and I feel unbelievably great. Goodnight.