We are now about halfway through our second week at Malibu. Last week, Harper and I stayed as guests while Bret led a cabin, and for the next four weeks Bret is on the Program team. He gets to do funny skits and make kids laugh. It's not all fun and games though, it takes a lot of hard work and preparation! We have hardly spent an hour together the whole time we've been here.
It's amazing to see God work though all the people at camp. These people have stamina that MUST come from God, because they are all working so hard. Young Life likes to do everything with excellence, and they are certainly succeeding here at Malibu! Last week I had the privilege of seeing a huge group of Edmonds kids accept Christ for the first time. Kids that we have been loving and walking with all year. Having the opportunity to be a part of something like that makes all the hard work that goes into camp worth it no doubt! We are praying for the same outcome at the end of this week as well. I feel so blessed to be here with my family to witness such amazing things.
Harper has made sooo many friends already, young and old! There are a few other babies to play with, but even more than the babies she enjoys the summer staff and work crew girls. I think that hardly any of them know my name but ALL of them know Harper! That doesn't bother me one bit though :) I'm so glad she gets to be surrounded by all these people to love her.
We've been working on sleep training since we've been here, because bed/nap time was getting very out of hand. I have been letting Harp cry, but checking on her every five minutes and reminding her that I'm still here. It's gotten better and better every time! It's so hard for me to listen to her cry though, and also hard to let go of our cuddle time together which I have come to treasure. We now have a routine set up so that we can still get some of the cuddling in. I am just beginning to notice some manipulative behavior from Harper and I want to make sure to stop it as much as possible before it really starts. She is just growing up so fast and is such a smart cookie!
