College Week

So as previously mentioned I wanted to expand a little on College Week and what all happened.  I will be the first to admit that I didn't know if it was the right choice, as I only have a few weeks this summer not already devoted to CCC and I did have to pay a chunk of my summer salary toward the trip, but I now know it was completely worth it!  Each CMG (Christian Mission Group) was six people strong and my CMG was named P Squared (Patience and Perseverance) and each member with nickname following was Alison Strader (Shawty), Ashley Coleman (Catwoman), John Huneycutt (Papa Johns), Shane Butcher (Doing Good), and Ginnie Hinkle (Over my Dead Body).  My nickname was Rooroo and I don't really know why we all came up with nicknames it just sort of happened.  I have had some good CMGs over the years, but I absolutely fell in love with my CMG for the week!  We got along so great and it was wonderful getting to really know two other fellow staff members (Alison and Ginnie) for the summer as well as making great friends with the rest of the group.  My CMG had the one adult John, but no complaints there because I had been a little nervous about being the most knowledgeable about construction and such from being a field, but John and I worked really well together bouncing ideas off of each other and such.  Shane was also austitic, but his attitude throughout the week was simply put inspiring and Shane did more for me in that week as far as life lessons are concerned than many of friends have ever been able to!  Thank you Shane!  Moving on to the projects we had a really exciting week!  Our first project was a kitchen re-tiling for Babbiette Neal and she was such a sweet lady, but unfortunately we couldn't get it complete in one day, so the staff had to finish it on Saturday.  Our two day project was painting the whole exterior of Jerry Lawson's house.  The first day we had to Killz the house and the second day we painted it Olive Green.  Jerry was such an inspirational guy!  He had just lost his mother after moving into her old house, and he just beat throat cancer, but he couldn't be more satisfied and appreciative of life.  On Thursday we built a small 10 foot wheel chair ramp, which was an exciting little construction project probably my favorite of the week, for Bunny Guynn.  Our final project on Friday was a simple Handrail for a very nice older gentleman who really just needed someone to talk too.  Not only were the projects great, but also the worships!  They focused on barriers, anger, frustrations, fears, and expectations and being able to let them go so you could better serve God.  I truly felt that they were very appropriate for my current walk of faith and they really helped me in analyzing my life.  The week was also filled with a lot of journaling, which I fully enjoyed!  Other than worships and projects, there were a lot of great people at camp and I believe a true community of Christians was formed.  I had some great times at College Week and going back as a camper was definitely a great idea!  P.S. I think everyone was really entertained, by my volleyball playing! haha