Wow. There are so any things you learn at camp that you would never learn anywhere else!!! Where else would you get a training in games...."Giants, Wizards, and Elves" anyone??? :D Today I learned a wealth of knowledge about...........baseball, football, and soccer........EW. lol The days are taken up with training and as much sleep as we can get! The amazingly dirty (Not to mention HARD) camp beds, the interesting food (always a suprise!), the strange people you meet......lol No really, it's a blast! I am just dying for the campers to arrive! Saturday is our first day camp and then Monday it's our first combo camp! (Middle School and Juniors) I CANNOT WAIT! One thing I hope though, is that I actually get a cabin! :D

Well, it's time off, and I'm not one to waste all of that good sleeping time on the internet......so goodbye till later! :D Love you all! Keep up the prayers!

Mika

Ok - so the title of this note is "No More Austen" ...that's not actually true.  I shall still read Austen....but I just  want everyone else to know - if you can't deal with dear Jane's ramblings, there IS an adventurous enjoyable alternative....and it's Georgette Heyer!!  You're probably all  like...WHO?  I know, I know- you've never heard of her!  Well, now it's time.

 


During the Napoleonic wars, Sophy Stanton-Lacy is sent by her father (who is serving in South Africa) to live with her aunt, Lady Ombersley who is to watch over her and find her a suitable husband.  However, when dear "little Sophy" arrives...the family is in for somewhat of a shock!  Sophy...is no little Sophy in anyway.  5'9" in her stockings, outgoing, outspoken, and independant, Sophy is NOT what her aristocratic oh-so-proper relatives were expecting!  Sophy sees the distress and of the household and takes it upon herself to make sure that each person there get's their happily-ever-after...including herself!



"Sir Richard Wyndham, an accomplished Corinthian, is being forced into marriage by his family, who want him to have an heir. Depressed by the life laid out before him, he nevertheless agrees to this course. The night before he is to announce his choice he comes across Penelope Creed, a young girl in boys' clothes, hanging helplessly from an upper story window. She is a very wealthy orphan who is running away from her own distasteful marriage plans. The two become allies, leave London in search of Miss Creed's childhood sweetheart, and find themselves in the middle of a dangerous game of mystery, theft, and murder."*




"Jack Carstares, oldest son of the Earl Wyncham, disgraced six years earlier, returns home and becomes a highwayman so that he is able to live in the land he loves without detection. One day while out riding he foils an abduction plot mastered by the infamous Duke of Andover. Injured while rescuing the damsel in distress, he is taken home by the thankful Diana Beauleigh and her Aunt Betty, to recover. Mystery and intrigue continue to the melodrama's end."*






If you enjoy Austen, Bronte, or anyother regency romances - you must take these on!  Trust me - you'll become addicted to Heye's grand styling of characters, plots, and compeling language.

<3  Signing off,
LL

*Summaries marked taken from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgette_Heyer

No, I did not actually GO crazy...........I already was! I am honestly SO very excited about working as a counselor at a summer camp this year (in like FOURTEEN DAYS).....but also I am freaking out inside going nuts! How can I be so happy, so excited, and and absolute nervous wreck all at the same time??????? I KNOW this is where God wants me to be, I've prayed, and I've fasted, and I've seen Him work. I have my answer. BUT MY GOODNESS, can He SPARE me all these NERVES????????? What am I freaking out about anyways? My gracious....

How can one little thing bring you so SO much joy??? I have not been this happy for probably at least nine months. I am overjoyed, overwhelmed, and about to start flying! NO - I'm not in love....lol I'm going back to camp. Camp means sharing Jesus with children -- and there is nothing better in this world than telling people (especially children) about salvation. My heart is soaring as I think about those kids now. Kids that just need to know that someone loves them and cares...and that's what I'll be doing. Kids are the future...how do you change the future? You show the children Christ.

PICS OF THE DAY:  Elliot Cowan as Mr. Darcy and Jemima Rooper as Amanda Price from Lost in Austen - for any fans of Jane Austen, it is a must see.