Wednesday, June 1, 2011

away for the summer

As mentioned earlier on my blog, I will be spending my summer working at Trails End Ranch in Ekalaka, MT.  I am thrilled that the Lord has given me such an awesome responsibility.  I need your help though.  I ask that you pray for me regularly as the devil will be at work, knowing the Lord too is at work.  I am going as a counselor, but may have the opportunity to serve in other capacities as well.  The first two weeks will consist of staff training and grounds keeping.  

Prayer Dates:
Traveling to Airport- June 1
Flying to Montana- June 4
Training- June 5-19
Camp- June 19- August 14
Flying to Alabama- August 15


Part of the reason I am doing this is I want to be stretched.  This camp is far from home, and I have never worked at a camp for an entire summer.  I am one who needs my sleep and gets sick when I don't get it.  As you well know, camp counselors are not ones to get much sleep.  I want to be forced to rely on the Lord's strength and not my own.  Another thing I have never been good at is flexibility.  I am one to plan every detail out and I freak out when those plans get changed.  Again, flexibility is a key to camp work.  I cannot do this work my own, no way!  I ask that you partner with me in prayer as I have a summer to grow and change.  I pray I grow in Christ-likeness and am stretched in ways I didn't even imagine possible.

Communication and time will be very limited.  I will not have cell phone service on the camp property, and I expect to only have internet access over the weekends, if that.  I will not turn down a single email though, so please email me how I can be praying for you and what the Lord is doing with your summer.  You can email me at rebekah.hewitt@abc.edu.  You know how much snail mail means too, so feel free to drop me a note in the mail (see address above on the prayer card).  I can't promise quick replies, or even frequent blog updates, but I suggest you check back here on my blog for updates on how the Lord is changing me and stretching me.  Thank you in advance for your prayer support!  

3 comments:

  1. Hi Rebekah, I'm a person who needs my sleep too and I just wanted to encourage you because I counseled two years at Alpine and God just kept meeting my needs. No I did not feel energetic all the time, but I had the energy I needed when I needed it and I never got my cabin late for breakfast :) I know that God will provide the same for you - and I'll be praying for you :)

    Heather Wood

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  2. Missing you already!!! Knowing and praying that God will use you to make a difference in each of your girls lives. So proud that you are MY daughter!!! MOM

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  3. Good for you, lady! When I go out and look up at the stars I will think of you--the one thing I remember about Mt is the BIG SKY... and yes, I remember our book conversations--maybe someday one of you too! Blessing, Rebecca--you'll be great

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