The Destination

I started a journey about 26 months ago. I called it my "Intergalactic Journey" because the careers I've had (only two at that point) have been so much more than jobs. They have been experiences that encompassed our lives. So I've been on this journey and now the destination has come into focus. When I was ten years old I started attending a summer camp for boys near Hinckley, Minnesota. I remember bumping up to camp riding with friends in the covered back end of a pick-up truck. (Thanks Wes for bringing me there and setting the course of my life.) We travelled along Highway 65 because Interstate 35 didn't exist. Our excitement escalated as we got closer to camp and we made up some sort of silly song just to vent all that built-up excitement. Isn't it amazing how God directs the course of our lives? In his providence my journey brings me right back to Camp Nathanael. Conversations with the folks at Camp Nathanael started just days after this journey started two years ago. In the meantime, I have submitted my resume to dozens of organizations, had numerous phone interviews, and travelled for interviews in Iowa, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Minnesota (three times). Early on, a Camp Nathanael board member shared that she had a strong sense that we would be working together at Nathanael in the future. Apparently Diana's intuition is Spirit-led. I attended camp at Nathanael starting at age ten. I was on the summer staff there all through high school and college. I have said many times that the ministry at Camp Nathanael shaped my life. If I have any leadership ability at all, the roots of it were planted at Nathanael. It was a young camp when I started attending, and now as the first full-time Executive Director I'll get to help the camp celebrate it's 50th anniversary next year. I'm grateful for the confidence and trust the Nathanael board has placed in me and I'm very excited about the adventure in front of us. I need a silly song...