Day 102- FALL.

Hey friends,

     So, I don't know about you, but fall is basically what I live for. The pumpkin patches, the colors of the leaves, the crunch of the fallen leaves on the sidewalk, bonfires, sweatshirts, and fuzzy boots, THAT is my life. Tonight, we have a fall party at one of the student's houses, and it was so much fun. We were able to ride in the bed of a tractor through their seemingly endless property, and it truly made my heart smile. It is becoming more and more clear that, when it comes down to it, I am a country gal at heart. Being somewhere where you can look up and see the stars and attempt to count them, somewhere where the mountains and rivers and forests seem to flow into each other seamlessly, and somewhere where you truly cannot help but think, WOW, how awesome is this? Sitting around the fire tonight, it almost brought me to tears, it reminded me so much of the things I loved at camp, the nature and the unmistakable beauty of God's creation. On the last day of camp, actually the last THING we did together every year will always be with me, and I will always remember the many emotions going on in my head, we joined hands as an entire camp body and sang one last song, "Let us adore, the ever living God, and render praise unto HIM. He SPREADS OUT THE HEAVENS, and establishes the Earth, and his glory is MANIFEST THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE WORLD, he is our God, he IS our God, and there is NO. ONE. ELSE!" As I sat around the camp fire tonight, even though I am 17 hours away from camp, I realized just how gorgeous the Earth is. Not only that, but God spent 6 days creating the Earth, that is perfect, marvelous, and gorgeous in every way. Therefore, how much MORE perfect, marvelous, and gorgeous are WE, his CHILDREN that he has invested millions and millions of years worth of work and patience and kindness in order to prosper us? For me, seeing nature is so humbling because I know, essentially God created that mountain, or this tree, or that sky, with a snap of his fingers, and yet, he cares for each and every one of his children! We are truly surrounded by beauty in nature, and that beauty will open our eyes to the massive power of the God we serve, amen?

<3 Always,

Rose