Kicking off Freshman Year right.

Tomorrow, I get to go on my most favorite trip of the year. Its called Houseboats! Appropriately, we (our high school youth group) get to go on a houseboat for an entire week at beautiful Lake Shasta. Lake Shasta is in Northern California, and since I live in Southern California, obviously, it's a bit of a drive. In fact, its a 13 hour drive. This year, we are taking nine cars, 33 students, and 12 leaders. We'll get to stay at United Christian Covenant Church in Sacramento tomorrow, since we are so far away, and the houseboats part doesn't start until Monday. Monday, we'll hang out in Old Town Sacramento, we'll tackle the last 4 hours of the trip, and we'll finally get to Lake Shasta. From Monday on, we'll swim all hours of the day, go on wakeboard runs and banana runs, and play lots of games. 
 Of course, since it is church camp, we get lots and lots of time with the Lord. Every day, we get 30 minutes of solo time. It's time for us to just think, work on our devo book, and pray. After solo time, we have small group time. My group has three girls in it, and our leader is the wife of our worship leader. It should be fun. We also get to hang out with the other churches that come. For one night, and one morning, we get to all be together by Shasta dam. We have a skit competition, and also our 3 hour solo time. It sounds like a lot of time, and it is, but its also the most transformational time. That's Friday morning, but my favorite part of houseboats is definitely Friday evening. Friday evening, we have our communion and send-off bonfire. Its a time of worship, and also, encouragement. All the high schoolers encourage the outgoing seniors (thats me!) and we all get to encourage them through their high school years. Saturday, we leave really early from the marina, and we do all the driving in one day. We'll get home at around 9 or 10, then reminisce for the next 365 days. 
I'm so privileged to get to go on this trip. I love my church and I will definitely stay involved with them during my college years.