First Few Weeks

Well this has been an interesting transition so far. It's had good and bad points.
I feel like I am just starting to fit in with a handful of people but not enough people that I feel like I have friends to hang out with on the weekends or ways to get into town are limited since I didn't bring my car down here. I feel a little homesick when people leave because it makes me wish I could go home, but I can't. It's not a super big deal, but it does stink when all of your friends go home and you feel like you don't fit in with the people who are left. I feel like there are major cliques with the people who have been here in years past and people like me who are new don't fit into those cliques.
My campers so far have been good, overall. The first week was a problem when it came to bedtime really. Other than that, it hasn't been so bad. My girls the second week (this past week) were really difficult to get to listen and respect people. There was lots of bullying, name calling, tattling on each other, not listening when I was talking, and having to yell to get their attention because they wouldn't be quiet. They were sweet girls when they needed to be, but they had lots of other problems as well. It was a LONG week where my head counselor, Miss Jennifer, had to get involved quite a bit. I had to leave them with her and she would talk to them about the problems we were having and priveleges definitely got taken away. They were sweet girls, there were just lots of respect issues and yelling. Either way, I am loving it and having fun with what I'm doing. God is doing something in my life, I just haven't figured it out yet. I just hope I can be the person He wants me  to be and do His work joyously this summer. That is my biggest prayer request.
If you would like to know more,  feel free to give me a call! Mail is also appreciated:
Sarah Pierman
C/O Camp Heart O' Hills
23122 Salvation Road
Welling, OK, 74471
Hope everyone is enjoying their summer so far and all is going well with you wherever you may be. May the Lord bless you this summer! Prayers are appreciated and I hope ya'll know I am praying for you as well.

Missing you.

As I sit here singing to my roommate playing worship music on the guitar, after teaching me a few things, I think about how much I am going to miss this part of life, but know that God has good things in store for me, His daughter, and the rest of His children this summer. I am going to miss everyone and look forward to hearing from ya'll while I'm gone (be it a text, phone call, snail mail, etc). It's also beginning to get crazy stressful; I need money badly, so I'm picking up mad hours at work, but I keep forgetting that I have so many other things that need to get done, as well; and people to see one last time before taking off. This, too, is just a phase; need to remember that. And in the end, it's going to be so worth it that none of this stress will matter. :)

Overwhelmed.

The above is certainly how I feel right now, but in a good way somehow, Lord-willing I suppose.
I just came to a few realizations:
1) I leave in THREE weeks!
2) I have to be out of my apartment in two weeks.
3) I have lots of things to do and people to catch up with and hang out with before I leave.
4) I have NO idea what the Lord has in store for me; I haven't become quite perfectly content with that, I'm still kind of freaking out about not knowing what to expect when I arrive.
5) This is the real deal. Finally. I have to just give it up and praise the Lord for this new opportunity!
I pray and ask you to pray, too, that the Lord gives me strength and time to focus on Him and prepare according to His will for me this summer, while still getting everything done that needs to be done within the next 21 days. I know I have been complaining of being bored without a car, but I think that's about to change. It looks like I now know what I can do, and more importantly need to do, with my time. Too bad it sounds like a good idea to try and do it, instead of sleep, at 2am.

Welcome aboard my adventure.

Hello friends.
This summer, I am embarking on a journey to Oklahoma to work at a camp in Welling, Oklahoma: Camp Heart O' Hills through the Salvation Army. I didn't really expect for this offer to become valid when I applied on March 16th, but April 18th I came home from work to an e-mail offering me a counselor position on the 2011 staff. I was shocked to say the least. I had not heard anything from them in over a month, so I had just scratched it off the list of possibilities for the summer, and settled for going back to Cedar Point. Well, God had something else in mind I suppose, but I took it; my dream since 6th grade had come true. I accepted their offer after talking to my boss at work back home, and decided I would join their staff for the summer. My dad and I leave on Monday June 6 at 3am and I will be back sometime within the last full week of July. It's working with 6-12 year olds, so the perfect break from my preschoolers at work and the best experience ever working with a new age group, in a new environment. A much welcomed change, for sure, if only for 7 weeks. There are lots of nerves, but just as much excitement as well. I will try to update this blog, especially with prayer requests, as available internet and free-time allows. Feel free to find other forms of communication as well, though. I will post my address for snail mail, as well as my cell phone number for people who prefer to call/text.

The link below is the link for the camp, if you are interested in seeing what it's all about and what I'm getting myself into. Haha.
http://campheartohills.publishpath.com/about

Thanks to all of you who have done so much to encourage and support me thus far in this adventure. Your encouragement, support, and prayers are greatly welcomed. For now, please just pray that God prepares my heart for this adventure and the work He wants to complete in me and my campers. Also, as it gets closer, 23 days away, please pray for ease of travel and transition to this new environment and experience.

Love and thanks in Him!