"I Spy God in a Big Way" at Camp Fairwood.

On Friday, the 15th, my boss was telling us that the upcoming week we didn't have a lot of work to do so we would probably have to take time off...while she was telling us this I got a call from the Director of Camp Fairwood asking me if I would be able to be a counselor the same week. Um...I really don't think God can make it more clear. David said it was alright, considering he's never home anyway. So I told Pastor Brad that I was able, but I would need transportation. A couple hours later, God provided that also!! So just when I thought I would never get to camp this year, God sent me to Fairwood. I had never been there before but had heard it was incredible! So I took off a couple days before camp started. I had a blast getting to know the place and the people. They were so open to me and by the end of the week, I felt like I had been on staff all summer. There are some truly amazing and fun ladies there! I love them! Camp started monday, the age group was 5-6th graders. IT WAS HOTT. OH my. no airconditioning. But God still worked! 

                               

These are my girls :) Even though this age can be a handful and at times..annoying...I love working with them because this is the age where there eyes really are opened. They have lots of questions and things start making sense. At this age doubt of salvation has usually been in there mind, and this is often when they choose to make God theirs forever, either through rededication of life to God or assurance of salvation. That's at least the age I was when I came to that point. I got the amazing opprotunity to lead two of the girls to Christ. Specifically the one in the middle with the writing on her shirt, and the one on the far right with a red shirt :) It was amazing to watch as they dug into God's word to read truth, and then to come to the saving knowledge of Christ!! I had two girls decide to get baptized! 4 girls committed to spending 20 min for 20 days in their Bibles and through prayer. One girl was just so excited about what God is doing in her life and one night she shared a verse that she calls her "I spy God in a Big way" verse. Her family is going through a hard time financially but she shared in the Bible how God will always take care of you. It did my heart good to see her loving God and being so blown away by him, even at 12. I did have 2 very homesick girls, but both made it to the end of the week and did admit to having fun :) So that was exciting! I love how God always has a plan. For some reason, he decided to send me there. And he sent the girls he did. I spy God in a Big Way at Camp Fairwood!

According to the Dove wrapper...

...I'm suppose to make a list of my dreams.So here goes...

1.Graduate with a four year degree.
2.Save companies money by making people healthier...or just help make people healthier.
3.Decide my "niche" within my passion (see #3)
4.Be a small group leader in our Youth Group.
5.Get my massage license.
6.Have children.
7.Massage out of my home.
8.Live on an acreage in our dream home with a wrap around porch.
9.Take the whole family on a short term missions trip.
10.Help my hubby get to his longterm goal being a fulltime property management/rental business OWNER.

While we're on the subject....goals for the summer...

1.blog more.
2.blog at least once a week about what i'm learning in my devotions.
3.Help my mom with a garage sale...and get rid of alot. :)
4.Watch the entire series of friends.
6.Get to know the girlies in my life better.
7.Spend time with my little brothers doing things we haven't done before.
8.Be a better housekeeper.  (eek!)
9.Try new recipes...which is any recipe.
10. Spend time with the Lord.

Not much...huh? Well...my life is kinda boring right now. the best boring EVER! Ugh...I love it so much...minus my hubby being gone :(. You might not care but I wouldn't mind you asking me how my dreams/goals are progressing...maybe not the having children part...that question gets old. I'll have them when I want to have them! and I don't know when that will be! Have you thought about your dreams lately...it's easy to forget and lose track of them! I know along the way they change...in the meantime pick yourself up a bag of Dove...life can always use some more chocolate :) Thanks for reading and always keep HeART.

Where in the world have the Hartwigs been!?

WHEW! I NEVER thought life could get as crazy as last year when I had my wedding...turns out it can be. School ended the end of April and David graduated :) :)!! Then may started out with Faith's graduation where alyssa & melyssa (and many more friends) graduated! The next day my bro in law was commissioned into the airforce as he had graduated from ISU. Way cool! The next day...haha...I had my first road trip with the eichelberger fam as they dropped me off to spend a whole week with Alyssa as we planned and organized her WEDDING :) that following weekend! Which...my oh my...that will have to be another blog entry. It was the first wedding I had coordinated.ya...another entry for sure. The wedding was amazing despite rain and I'm soo utterly happy for my dear friends & blessed to have helped them! The next week I jumped back into work with a new boss...which was a tad diffcult. Praise the Lord, it has gotten MUCH better! I then helped my mother throw my brother's open house...oh ya! My brother graduated from highschool!The next day I took my cousin Tia shopping to celebrate her graduation which i had missed the weekend of alyssa's wedding :( We had SO much fun!That night Zach graduated!.then the the next day...you guessed it... (story of my life) we took off to burlington to attend yet another cousin Aaron's graduation. Came right back to attend my longtime friend Meredith's shower!! Then...hmm...what else did we do.Seems like there was something big.oh ya...we went to ORLANDO :) For our 1st anniversary!! Ok.rewind.My amazing inlaws gave us-as an anniv gift- points from their vaca timeshare to go anywhere...on the "last minute" list. aka the resorts that need to fill up. We originally thought it wouldn't be a good idea since we were so busy and we had spent SO much obviously.haha...but after that first rough day of work in the summer, i was bound and determined to leave this place with JUST my husband. So we booked it about a week before we left! It was fantastic...another blog entry :) It was just what i needed and i feel so rejuvenated!aww..such a good feeling. we came back and david started Agritech...his summer job.The first weekend in June, I had Leah's Personal Shower.SO fun and SO relaxing for the bride to be! The following week was filled with wedding festivities such as my very first pedicure :D...awesome btw. SO on June 11th Leah my lady became a MRS. I had such a fun weekend spending time with her and the other girls being a bridesmaid! So excited for them. So here I am....blogging and catching up on the bachelorette. bentley is such a jerk btw...and william isn't my fav either. I have some very exciting news too!...I'm NOT pregnant....BUT my husband did just get an opprotunity for his dream job!...once again.another blog entry.So basically that's what i've been up to for a month and a half. I have a bunch of shows to catch up on, a beautiful stack of every season of friends thanks to my bff and nothing to look forward too until August. SO if you're bored call me :)...I'm now available!