Week three is over and I am loving this more and more. I really love the routine, and everything is going great. I am starting to realize that these kids and everyone around me is having a much larger impact on me than I am ever going to have on them. I am seriously questioning where I want to go in life, but it is so great to trust in God because it has seemed to work pretty dang well for me so far.

Anyway, last weekend I went back to Amaris's house when I got some much needed rest and relaxation. We did nothing and I loved it. Ahh... the joys of not having a whiny and needy girlfriend... I can be myself around her. I love you Amaris. Not only that, but I found an awesome church in Eagle River. I am really starting to want to check out some other churches other than the Catholic Church. Not that there is anything wrong with the Catholic Church, but I am starting to feel like the rituals that the church does every week in mass is starting to get in the way of my relationship with the Lord, and the church that I went to with Amaris started to solidify that idea in my head.

But this week, God has really been teaching me a lot of things with the people who are around me. For one, there is another counselor who has really been getting on my (and most everyone else's) nerves pretty badly. At first, we didn't tell him about it but just let the whole situation fester. It eventually blew up on us all, but God has really been working on my patience. We still clash a little, but we sat down and came to an understanding and I found out that he honestly does not know when he is annoying everyone. So basically I am helping him realize when he is pushing people's buttons and he is helping me to be more understanding with him. This is so cool.

Also, the kids are forcing me to be a good example. There are a lot of things that I (and the other counselors) do jokingly with each other that is completely innocent but slightly inappropriate if you didn't know what we were doing. The kids are making me be a good Christian role model and really shape up my life. Honestly, it is something that I have really wanted to do anyway but it is so easy to just fall back into the same old lifestyle over and over.

But apart from my spiritual growth this week, I have been having a heck of a lot of fun. I have been getting really good at archery and riflery during the skill classes that I have been teaching. Also, the kids aren't kicking my butt at foosball anymore which is always nice.

But then there was the waterfront. For the past few weeks I was too chicken to go into the water because it is really really cold in there. The kids made fun of me but I had no problem admitting that I was chicken. This week I decided to face my fear and just jump in. Well... it was a blast. I was on the water trampoline with the kids and messing around with them in the water. Then I got a chance (actually, two chances) to ride the banana boat around the lake. It is basically a yellow boat that is long and skinny like a banana. It gets pulled around the lake behind a speed boat and tips pretty easily... that is when you are flying off a wake with four kids and me hanging on for dear life. Aww... it is sooo cool. Next week, I am going to go on the zip line! Oh yeah.

Well, I am going to sign off. Tomorrow I am going to hike up the mountain again and just have some nice quiet time with the Lord and enjoy the amazing view we have around here.