You won't relent until you have it all; my heart is yours.

It's just past midnight and I'm writing you from the Hogwarts owlery, also known as Spring Woods cabin line (first came many a Deadmau5, then it was just Owl City... And then came the endless band name / Harry Potter puns). I just finished a testimony sesh with kiwi Nathan, aka "Ping-Ping", my co-counselor for the next week. The junior high kids come tomorrow and I am so stoked! The last two weeks of juniors camps have been valuable, but this next age group is where my heart is most. I'm really thankful for so many aspects of this week coming up and can't wait to see what happens.

Yesterday was an interesting one, however. I ended up eating at the very same White Spot I did immediately after leaving Kaleo, also in the context of goodbye. Gareth left yesterday, a guy from Northern Ireland who's been here the past month. I was really sad to see him go; he was one of the few new guys I'd really gotten tight with so far this summer and I really hope to be able to visit him in the next year or two. Really thankful for that brother in Christ.

We also had a communion service for the staff tonight, which was so good. There's so much love amongst the team here, especially the male counselors, so much that gives me real excitement and hope. As I was praying with Braden tonight I realized how fortunate I am to be able to look forward to three more years journeying alongside him, when for a long time I thought I would never see him again. I've got much to look forward to, this week, this fall and beyond. There's much that I worry about as well, but as long as I've got a place to live and friends to love and do life with, I'll be okay.

I'm so excited for so much and finding myself able to take heart and joy in so much!

"Maybe a greater thing will happen... Maybe your love will catch like fire as it burns through me" - 'Beautiful Love', The Afters.