a night with the kaleo sevens

this is how it started... i drove to camp in the dark, with a slight bit of rain on my second day ever driving. but we lived (yay) and i got there. about 20 minutes later i went where i always go.... dishpit. which of course, made me feel right at home.

so after that i went back to the pacific woods lodge and everyone was at the couches but then a bunch of people headed to mcdonalds. Emma and Kaitlyn stayed so i stayed with them and a few other people. they then discovered the chips and everyone came up to the couches and practically devoured them, like seriously i've never seen so much excitement over chips before, but yeah..

so then we were sitting on the couches and then all in the sudden Emma turned to me and said "Grace, whats your story?" i was so confused, did she really want me to tell them my testamony? i mean.. i hardly even know them... and they're kaleos... and theyre the replacement kaleos. but i've told it to campers before, what would be the harm in telling them? so i went to grab Trent first because i know him and it made me feel a little more secure having at least one person i really knew. and then i told them my story.

i didnt want to get too into detail but i did tell them about a lot. almost everything, i just didnt go too into detail about how it felt and what it was like. after i told them, i felt really... light... as if i had just had a weight lifted that i didnt know i was carrying. but i figured that was it.. tell them... then go back to the library with Trent and Jenna, back to my comfort zone, but no.

they were so great. everyone said something that was so encouraging and so supportive, i felt so loved, i had no idea they care so much. one thing made me want to cry, i think it was Emma that said this but yeah.. she talked about when they named each other @ mount washington and the name they gave Claire was "victory" and she said that it fit with my story so well because "theres been such victory in your life". yeah.. like oh my goodness you have no idea how great it felt to hear that. and then they all prayed for me, pop-corn prayer style, it was so great and i was just thinking like "God thank you so much for this moment, i needed this so much"

so then everyone came back from mcdonalds and we all got extremely hyper. later i went back to talk to Trent and i told him about how its been such a struggle for me to stop cutting and stuff and yeah..

so the next morning i didnt really do much, talked to Trent for a bit, then worked dishpit, then went home. but yeah... awesome weekend. i think i like this group, but they leave in like 3 months, so its kinda like.. what was the point in that? now im just gunna miss the whole group and not just 3 people. but still, i think it was definately worth it. the k7's are amazing.

Emma even made me a bracelet, so right now im feeling like... so special. haha.