• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

Handcrafted Blessings

“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up” ~ 1 Thess. 5:11

  • Join my team
  • Classes & Events
  • Shop Cards
  • Business Coaching
  • Product Shares
  • Blog
  • About
    • Contact Me
  •  

I’m back!!!

August 11, 2007 By Holly Sutton 1 Comment

Well, well, well…I never intended to let six weeks go by without posting. Drat! Where does time go? I’ve been in PA for nearly 3 months now and it hardly feels like it’s been a month. It’s been quite the journey with twists and turns, ups and downs. All in all, I’ve had a wonderful summer and I look forward to finding out what the fall holds for me.

I don’t like to measure ministry by numbers. Numbers don’t really tell you much at all about the “success” of a ministry. However, they can be a starting point for reflecting on what a ministry has consisted of. As I look back over the summer, it’s amazing to me that we had over 900 campers here. In order to serve all of them effectively, we had 70+ staff who served throughout the summer. God was at work this summer and it was so cool to watch Him transform lives. He used the staff here to draw kids to Himself, some for the first time while others made other decisions.

The leadership team was incredible. Despite the many ways that I let them down by not being a strong leader, they pushed through and were able to serve with faithfulness and grace. I enjoyed watching God at work in each of them growing them where they needed to be pushed. These past few days I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting on the summer and its strengths and weaknesses. It’s been interesting to just sit back and think about what happened. I’ve also read a ton of evaluations – from parents, campers and staff. Today I’m going to be writing my own evaluation of the summer which will summarize the data I’ve been reading and processing through. My hope is that I can use this information to grow as a leader and I pray that next year won’t be so tough, especially for the leadership team.

I’m a legal Pennsylvanian now! I got my driver’s license, insurance and license plates on Thursday. I even registered to vote and got a local cell phone number. All in all, it took me 8 hours and $700 to accomplish all that. Needless to say, I was pretty frustrated! PA requires an inspection of your car. I failed the inspection and had to get some repairs done in order to pass the test and be able to legally drive my car in PA. It’s all done now so I’m good for another year though I certainly hope that I won’t have to go through this next year in order to pass the inspection.

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)

Related

Filed Under: Personal, Work

Email Newsletter

Sign up for Holly's Happenings

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Anonymous says

    August 12, 2007 at 3:04 am

    Yaaaaah for the updates! Glad to hear things are calming down a little as the summer wraps up.

    So did you read hp7 yet? 🙂

    Thomas

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Email Newsletter

Join my mailing list to get encouragement, tips & techniques delivered right to your inbox!

Product categories

Shop Stampin Up (click picture)

Search Store for cards & kits

×
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

Search Blog

DISCLAIMER

The content in this blog is the sole responsibility of Holly Sutton as an independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrator. The use of and content of classes, services or products offered is not endorsed by Stampin’ Up!


Images © 2018 Stampin’ Up!®

Featured posts

Footer

Products

  • Ferns Birthday Card $4.50
  • Dinosaur Birthday Card $4.50
  • Birthday Wishes Card $4.50
  • Blue Relax Your Way Card $4.50
  • Cabin Birthday Card $4.50

Email Newsletter

Sign up for Holly's Happenings.

Sign up to learn about all the newly handcrafted blessings!

About

Follower of Jesus, daughter, sister, friend, crafter....in need of grace. That's me. I am a bundle of joy, laughter, craziness and some drama mixed in. Just taking life one adventure at a time. Finding joy in the journey with Jesus....

Learn more about Holly

Copyright © 2023 · Designed by HeartWired Digital Solutions | Powered by · WordPress · Log in