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Renewed

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"So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day" -2 Corinthians 4:16 Working at a summer camp is at the same time one of the most exhausting and rewarding challenges an individual can experience while in college. You learn humility as you serve those around you and little lives are placed in your hands. It's actually really terrifying: parents entrust you with their children and tell you to have a nice day. Meanwhile, you are monitoring these kids as they climb over 50 feet in the air, making sure they don't drown at the pool, and let's be honest, keeping your emotions in check as they ask for the hundredth time (you think I'm kidding) "what are we doing next?" It's sassy, it's sanctifying, and its satisfying. I live for the little moments: the beautiful, gospel moments when a kid gets it. The sweet (exhausting) moment when you're sitting there after playing capture th