Told ya I'd bore you with more pictures real soon. These were taken by my fabulous big brother Aaron...he definitely got the picture-taking genes from dad...
Oh, and just in case I didn't mention it before............I LIVE HERE. ;)
...but I've certainly fallen off of it...as far as blogging is concerned. :)
A week and a half ago I drove the 6 hours from my house to my summer "home" on Oak Island. This is the 4th summer that I've spent here at a place called Caswell. It is a youth camp run by the Baptist State Convention on the coast of North Carolina (about 45 minutes south of Wilmington) Every week we have anywhere from 800-1000 kids come from churches all over North Carolina to spend a week learning about the Lord and (let's face it) chilling at the beach with all of their friends (minus their parents). I worked as a housekeeper here for 2 summers and was responsible for the largest barrack house cleaned by the summer staff. I cooked anywhere from 400-800 biscuits in the cafeteria each morning (depending out how many were eating with us) and then went straight to my house to clean. I think the cleaning count was 23 toilets, around 30 sinks, 27 showers, 30+ mirrors....and 23 bathrooms to sweep/mop and bedrooms to vacuum....A DAY....and all in about 3 1/2 hours (with my assistant). It was a lot to take care of, but when you have the entire afternoon off at the pool and/or beach somehow motivation just wasn't an issue.
Last year after much praying, I auditioned for the program staff that works here and am now back for my second summer of singing/playing keyboard in the band. So basically my life for these three months consist of the following:
*Eating FREE food
*Living in a hotel room with my OWN double bed for FREE
*Living at the BEACH (again, for FREE)
*Being paid to sing and play in a praise band twice a day and teach Bible study.
And did I mention...this is where I live...
Don't worry I'll bore you with more pictures later, but until then...if I happen to be absent for a few days it's because I'm somewhere lost in the beauty of this place and the grace of my Jesus.
