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So during camp I fell in love with many many many amazing girls. But this one in particular has a heart that God has knit together with mine. She started out a year or two ago as one of my sixth graders. And this year she'll be going into eighth grade. She's crazy. A true child at heart. But I love her. And it turns out that we're a lot alike. She was in my family group (a small discipleship group we have at camp) last week and I got to hear her pour her heart out and watch her worship and learn what it means to be "Devoted."

Our stories are very similar. Almost eerily similar. It's neat to see such a young beauty striving so passionately for the Lord. She has such a heart for musical worship, not to mention she has a fabulous voice, and I can't wait to see that heart of worship grow into one that loves the Word and service and prayer and all the other intimate meetings with Father.
We certainly do not act grown up sometimes. I'm not afraid to tell her I'm a dragon and roar and stuff. She understands. But we can also talk about our call to missions and what God is telling us or how He's teaching us.

I love all of my middle schoolers. And I praise God for being able to invest my time with them and to have learned and loved them so much. But this treasure is one that I will not be letting go of quite as easily. Maybe it's because I see so much of myself in her, or maybe it's because I see who I wish I had been, or maybe it's because I see that she is going to be one of those giant world-changers for Christ one day.
At camp last week, God told us both that we would be traveling to different places for missions. He loved on each of us and taught us about our earthly fathers as much as our Heavenly One. Jesus performed miracles before our eyes (together). And even if I never see her again after I leave for college. I praise God for forever knitting our hearts together and bonding us in only a way that He can.

This season in my life as far as relationship go is about teaching and leading. And I can't wait to see what God is going to do in this season. So exciting. :)