Campfire: Farewell to Camp Humility 2012 (+ Winners!)

Another week at Camp Humility has come and gone - time really does go by so fast! I hope you've enjoyed your time here, from our hike this morning to our fishing excursion and our evenings around the campfire. My wish is that this week was uplifting and inspiring and maybe even a little challenging for you!

And - *insert drum roll* - we have winners! With the help of Random.org's List Randomizer (including the initial entries as well as the extra entries), the winners are:

The Secret Keeper - Aizess!

Garden of Madness - Julie!

Wildflowers from Winter - Michelle T (scraphappy71)! 

Thank you once again to the authors and publishers for providing the books for the giveaway! (And winners, I'll be sending you an e-mail soon to get your mailing addresses!)

(I have to post this button one more time for posterity - I had fun making it, and I was happy with how it turned out! *Grin* Thanks, mybannermaker.com!)

And thank you very much to each and every one of you who stopped by and made this week meaningful and so much fun! Your comments and your enthusiasm - as well as your willingness to go along with this whole virtual camp idea... - really have blessed me. I'm so grateful to call you friends! 

So help yourself to one last s'more before you go!!

P.S. When you're checking out of the cabins, don't forget to check the bathrooms and all around your bunk beds to be sure you didn't forget anything! ;)

In Other News...

• The last couple of years I've hosted a birthday bash here... But since this post-intensive week included a multiple-book giveaway, and since it's close enough to my birthday (this Sunday), I think I'm going to pass this year. But I'll see you again on Monday on the other side of 21! ;) And I might be sharing a recipe with ya'll soon - yes, I'm branching out!

• I think I will be going to Disneyland again this summer (in a couple of weeks), so I'm sure you'll be seeing some posts about that soon, too!

• Also, since my permit expired this last month, I had to re-take the written test and all of that jazz at the DMV... But I got 100% again, so *maybe* there will be more entries to my "driving diary" again - we'll see! ;)

Have a great weekend!

Campfire: Winner and Farewell

I hope everyone has had an enjoyable time at Camp Humility! I loved participating in this week's activities with all of you, as well as sitting around the campfire together, eating s'mores and discussing God's provision. It is a real blessing to know each one of you, and I'm glad Camp Humility gave us a chance to "get away" for a week!

Before we say our farewells, I'd like to announce the winner of the $15 Amazon.com gift card, according to the List Randomizer from Random.org:

Michelle (scraphappy71)!

Congratulations, Michelle! Be on the look-out for my e-mail!

To all of my campers, thank you for making this week so much fun and so memorable! As my official farewell, I put together a slide show/video like I did last year, except this one includes pictures from the Bald Hills area and Prarie Creek State Park in Northern California, many of which you'll recognize from earlier this week.

The song is called "Faraway Land" by Ron Block, and I think the word fits so well for this retreat we've been on, focused on humility before our Lord.




If it is the Lord's will, perhaps this will continue to be an annual event. In that case, I hope to see you next year at the Third Annual Camp Humility 2012!

Farewell to Camp Humility

It's a good thing we're talking about making this annual, because I'm going to miss being at camp! But I'm comforted by the fact that what really made camp special was all of you and your wonderful comments and participation--and hopefully you'll all still be tuning in to my blog even after camp! So this farewell is for the end of the camp this year, but not to all of you. There's still lots more summer fun coming up!

I made this video as a tribute to camp. It's a commemoration of our great week camping together, even though I technically made it before camp officially started!

Hope you enjoy it and see you soon!

Farewell Friday

Nope. I'm not saying goodbye to my wonderful readers! This "farewell" is for 2 things:

• It is the end of "Food Week." Don't worry! There will still be an interview with Cerella Sechrist, author of Love Finds You in Hershey, Pennsylvania. You just have longer to anticipate it! We can have a food flashback when I post it. Is your mouth watering yet?

• I'm gearing up to say a sad goodbye to Corban University for four months. It's a good thing I'm coming back next year or I would probably be sobbing right now! So far I have had a great college experience, and I have made such amazing friends. I am so blessed!

Thanks to Novela (in the green) for sending me this picture! (I'm in the back in the red shirt.) I love these girls so much!

Well, I'm in for a weekend full of stuffing boxes into our van, saying goodbyes, and traveling. But I'm also having "girl time" with my mom (including shopping and eating out), so that will be tons of fun! I guess there has to be a balance between the happy times and the sad times. But through it all God is good, and while I'm going back to my earthly home soon, I'm overjoyed to know that through God's grace I have a home in heaven that is my true home! What a homecoming that will be!

I hope you all have a blessed weekend!