Chipmunks, Sherbet, and Common Bonds

Wow. Where has the time gone?
This summer has been SO full of friends, adventure, God, new experiences, tears, Love, and travel.
I do not know where to start.
So, I'll go with my most recent escapade and work Backwards

Wisdom teeth removal- July 30th
I go to the dentist, get my first IV, my first thumb clasp heart monitor and my first intraveineous drugs. Well, first drugs period. When I woke up, I couldn't feel my chin, lower lip, or tongue. Lemme tell you, that's a weird place to be at. I was a little loopy, with my mouth full of bloody cotton. But I couldn't feel my lips!!!!!
If you, dear reader, must ever have your lips numb, be ye warned.
It's strange.
SO! Now, two days later, my cheeks have swollen to at least 3 times normal size and my lovely friends, Charlie, Jennie, Caleb, and Colten visited me and brought me lime sherbet.
May you all have lime sherbet bearing friends to comfort you in you time of need.
Pretty much, now I'm chilling with what looks like a pound of blueberries in my cheeks. But they do not exist. Call me crazy.
Call me, Maybe?

Bahhhhh, humbug. I really can't think of other things to say. The real world is as messed up as ever, such a contrast with the oasis of camp. Even though there still are broken people at camp, the brokenness of the world has no foothold there.
30 minutes of Alone Time with God everyday? Glorious.
3 hours of focused Bible classes a day? Wonderful
4 weeks of being with my Favorite people IN THE WORLD? Mind-melting, Heart-healing, Soul-searching Heaven.
But really, cumon, the people wouldn't mean as much if we didn't have the common bond of Christianity.
If we weren't all connected to God and therefore connected to millions of people around the world, we would never ever have gone out to camp in the first place. I know some of my friends, my brothers and sisters in the NYC family, feel disconnected from Him.
Let me tell you this, my dear ones: He holds you up. You cannot let Him down, and even IF you could, is He not strong enough to heal both your and His wounds? Please, come to the understanding that you WILL fail, the only difference between you and the other lost souls of the world, is that you have a Goal.
A choice.
A meaning to life.
Always Hope. Love Regardless. Peace Out