My Summer Project

Hello, it has been a long time since anyone has posted. Sorry about that. The holiday season has been busy and crazy. Not unusual. This is DL by the way, the 13 year old. I was thinking about writing something about the New Year, 2010 but decided not to. Instead, I’m going to tell you about something that’s going on in my life and has been in the works for a while. I thought that I should make it public and so that way I don’t have to remember who I told and who I haven’t. This post will also be on Facebook (with a few modifications) for those of you who are on Facebook.

So what am I doing? I am going out to Oregon for 5 weeks this summer. I am going by myself, my family will not be coming with me. One week, I’ll be seeing my friends and family. One week, I will be at High School Camp out at Eagle Fern. The other 3 weeks, I will be serving on TCL (Training Christian Leaders) at Eagle Fern Camp. Now, Eagle Fern Camp is a Christian camp in Estacada, Oregon. Eagle Fern has different weeks in the summer where you can go to camp depending on your age. I will be attending High School Camp. Eagle Fern also has a 3 week session where you can be on TCL. When you’re on TCL, you are volunteer staff. You aren’t paid anything, you just get to serve God and others. I think that it’s like 6-7 girls and 6-7 guys from 10-13th grade along with 2 TCL leaders. I am a 13 year old 9th grader and God willing, I will be serving on TCL this summer. The TCLers do a lot of the background work and the work that keeps Eagle Fern running. Setting the tables, cleaning bathrooms, scrubbing floors etc.

Now that you know what I’m doing, why isn’t my family going? Well, my parents decided that this would be a good way for me to stretch my wings. To be more independent and do more of my own stuff. Since my family isn’t going with me, I am earning the money to pay half of my plane fare, part of my camp fee and some of my personal expenses. I also have to arrange transportation, plane info, housing and other stuff. My parents will help with some of it, like they’ll pay for the other half of the airfare and camp fee but I have to do a good chunk of the work. If I really want to go out to Oregon, I have to earn the money and take the responsibility of calling people and thinking about where I’m going to stay and such. Plus, I have to navigate the airport and catch probably 2 flights to get out to Portland. I’ve been earning money for this trip since September. I’ve got the amount of money that I need for half of my plane ticket. All I need now is part of the camp fee and some for my personal stuff. The dates that I will gone are July 16-August 22. These aren’t set down in stone yet. Dad is going to help me figure out my plane ticket and then we’ll decide exactly when I’m going.

So that’s the whole story. That’s my summer endeavor. I don’t think that I’ve left anything out. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Just comment and I’ll try to get back to you as soon as I can. I would appreciate your prayers as I prepare for the trip. I know that it’s quite a while away but I’m a person who likes to plan things out. I will post more updates on what’s going on as the months go by. I’ll write more later. Signing off. -DL

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