Party Time!

Justice League

Batman, Superman, The Hulk, and Ironman have nothing on this K2 party! Break out the capes and masks, or create your best superhero outfit and you will be ready to go for this night! We need all the superheroes to unite so we can dominate this party!

Klub Deuce

Think 50's poodle skirts, oodles of tie dye from the 70's, super chic 80's prom dresses, or rock the Boy Band t-shirts from the 90's!! Dig through your grandparents' closet for their polyester jumpsuits and see your parents for their trendy advice from high school! Come dressed from your favorite decade... or represent them all if you so choose! Whatever decade you pick, just make sure you go all out for it! We are going to be dancing for a while.... about 6 decades.

EXTREME!

Get ready to have your mind blown with an night more extreme than you could have ever imagined. Whatever you wear, stick with the theme... EXTREME!! Think helmets, knee pads, neon, crazy hair wigs, camo...anything extreme you are good to go for this insane party! 

Lamplantis

We are taking a vacation to a 5 Star Resort. Come dressed in your best resort attire, underwater scuba diver, or geeky treasure hunter. Just don't forget your wetsuit -- the beautiful land of Lamplantis is under water!

Redneck Olympics

TheOlympic games at K2 this summer will not require a fancy ski suit or sparkly gymnastics tights. Bring out your overalls, cowboy boots, straw hats, and plaid shirts, or come dressed at the southern girl next door. Whatever you wear,  just make sure its down home country and ready for some Olympic sports that are nothing shy of redneck!

What to Bring to Staff Training Week

K2 Girls' Kamp Needs:  Here it is ladies...the everything you need to bring to kamp list! So get your backpacks out and that cute Gucci luggage (or your wal-mart stuff if you are like me:) and don't worry about gettin' all gussied up b/c you ain't gonna need it where you coming this summer! We are plain folk who like the all-natural look...clean and simple and sporty!

1. Stamps and notebook/clipboard for notes and Kamp information
2. Toiletry articles (shampoo, conditioner, soaps, toothpaste and brush, shaving cream, razor, etc.)
3. Towels and washcloths (4-5)
4. Shower shoes or flip flops
5. Waders (shoes that can get wet)
6.  2 pairs of tennis shoes
7. Poncho or good raincoat
8. 12+ pairs of socks
9. 12+ pairs of underwear
10. 12+ pairs of shorts
11. 12+ T-shirts
12. 2 modest swimsuits (one piece)
13. 2 pairs of sweats (May nights can sometimes get chilly in the Ozarks!)
14. 2 sweatshirts, long sleeved t-shirts or light jacket
15. 1 pair of old jeans (needed only during your terms)
16. Nicer casual clothes (for time off only)
17. Bedding for a single bunk bed, including a warm blanket
18. 1 pillow and 2 pillow cases
19. Sleeping bag (needed only during your terms)
20. Flashlight and /or headlamp
21. Laundry bag
22. Sunscreen, repellents and other needed medications
23. Any personal sports equipment (to use for aid in teaching)
24. Program/party outfits (bring additional random costumes)
25. Big teachable heart, ready to show the love of Christ
26. Copy of your contract
27. Inexpensive watch that can get wet
28. School Spirit: You will be wearing your school t-shirt for our big staff photo.
29. Don't forget! You MUST bring your appropriate identification documents to STW to display to Kamp administration. 
30. Remember to bring your boat driving license, CPR and lifeguard certifications if you were previously asked to do so per your director.

Happy Easter Girls

Last night was a special night. It was just me and Bo, my oldest son, so I decided to treat him to just some 1-1 hang time with his momma! Even 22 year old men like to know they are still special enough to have some momma time! Or maybe that's just this gal thinking that! haha
We went to see Source Code and then to eat at Red Lobster. It was during the meal and our chat that I just realized how blessed i am to have such an amazing life. Nothing I have is deserved; nothing is promised; nothing is given to me because I'm Trish; rather, the opposite. But God is sovereign and faithful and so dang amazing! Tomorrow is a special day for us as believers. He was brutally beaten, ignored, laughed at, mocked, and eventually crucified for YOU and ME! He didn't get mad  when he was mocked, he didn't get revenge with his words or through his actions; he prayed to his Father for strength and wisdom and for forgiveness for those inflicting massive pain and suffering on him! Wow! That just really hits me b/c so often I get frustrated or impatient or think thoughts that are just not so nice and all because I have been hurt or taken advantage of? It's humbling really. The more I understand about my God and Savior, the more I realize my broken state and my need for redemption.
I hope  you don't just stumble through this weekend without counting your blessings. No matter where you are in life...whether you are in the middle of a trial, on the tail end of one, or getting ready to head into a trial, God is good; He is faithful; He is sovereign and He knows the outcome. In the end, we WIN b/c we have been justiifed by the blood of his Son Jesus!
Happy Easter friends. Counting down the days until we run the race together at k2! Press on and run the race in a manner that honors and glorifies the Lord!
Humbly,

Trish

How to Lead a Great Devo

1.    Be Prepared – Familiarize yourself with the “common thread,” questions and flow of the devo. Get with your Co(s) ahead of time and discuss/decide what you want to do each night. Most of the materials that these devos call for are provided for you to check out from the Leadership Cabin, but please do this before dinner if possible.

2.    Be Personable - Use this book as a tool to help you, but don’t read from it word for word (except for the ones that include something for your read aloud).

3.    Know your kampers – Early in the term have each girl fill out an index card with her name, on a scale of 1-10 how secure are they of their salvation, some topics they would like to cover in devos, biggest struggle, etc. (that’s your choice).

4.    Kamper Lead – Let your kampers talk. You are responsible for facilitating to devo and keeping the girls on track, but make sure they are the ones doing most of the talking.

5.    Ask open-ended questions – Don’t ask questions that warrant a “yes or no” answer. Pose questions that provide them with opportunity to discuss and be vulnerable. Think of a scenario relatable to your age group.

6.    Kamper Involvement – Know which scriptures you are going to use during the devo and write the references down on index cards. Hand out the cards to a few girls before devos and have them look up and read them.

7.    Tailor to your cabin – Make sure that your devo is age appropriate for your kampers and that it is relevant.

8.    Be vulnerable – Be open with your kampers from the beginning. It is often helpful if the counselors share their testimonies early in the term. When going around the circle answering a question, counselors should almost always answer too.

9.    Follow up and make it stick – Follow up with kampers; don’t let the purpose of the devo go away when they leave the circle. Have a spot in the cabin where you hang the scripture reference cards the next day to that the girls can get them if they want them.

10.   Pray – Pray with your Co for openness and vulnerability; pray for hearts to be changed, pray that you may each be equipped to love your kampers exactly the way that HE needs them to be.. Take prayer requests and allow girls to open and close in prayer. Be intentional and follow up these prayer requests also.

Summer 2011 Verse Theme

  Game On

James 1:22 “But prove yourselves doers of the word, not just   hearers.”

As an athlete and former coach,  I am so excited for this year's theme because we are an athletic camp and our theme plays so well into our heartbeat of teaching kids the gospel through the platform of athletics and adventure. .God is a planner, a strategish. He is super organized and he definitely sets the pace. I challenge you to gear up for the biggest game of your life this summer! Strap on your shoes, throw on some knee pads or sliding shorts and start practicing for being the GAME CHANGING STARTER this summer! No matter what position God has called you to serve in this summer, YOU can make a difference.
One of my all-time favorite coaches I heard speak was the late, great John Wooden. He said, "You cannot live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you." There's another old epitaph that says, "What we do for ourselves alone dies with us; what we do for others is timeless. What I gave, I have; what I spent, I had; what i kept, I lost." 
This summer YOU will be part of something BIGGER than yourself, part of a community of life-changers who are driven to make Jesus famous! You will have the chance to be a hero to some kid in kamp! We can't wait to run this race with YOU:)

You are Special

                                              

Max Lucado wrote one of my daughter, Shayla's, favorite books, You Are Special. It's a book about these wooden folks who put dots on people in town who are "special" or gifted. If you are good, the dots people give to you stick; but if you don't think you are good, or if you make a mistake, the dots fall off and people make fun of you for not having enough dots! One girl in the book has no dots and is totally cool with that. She is sassy and confident and totally gets who she is. She meets this little guy who has no dots and who thinks he is a failure. This girl takes the boy to meet Eli, the wood carver, who creates all these people. Upon meeting Eli, his creator, this little guy begins to start understanding that he is special b/c Eli made only one of him! You probably get the moral of the story (and if not, don't worry, we read the book during STW and show you how to do a great devo:) In the end, this little guy begins to listen more to what his creator says to him about how special he is than the people around him.

Another fav book of mine is called,  You Are Born an Original, Don't Die a Copy. Moral of the book is that You are the FIRST that ever was. You are "fearfully and wonderfully made: (Ps 139:14). Do not be awestruck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently and as effectively as you can. When you fully use the gifts you have, people call you gifted. You are not created to be all things to all people. Did you know that more than 90 percent of all flowers have either an unpleasant odor or none at all. Yet it is the ones with sweet frangrance that we most remember. My encouragement to you is embrace how God designed you and Stand out!  "Don't copy the behaviors of this world, but be a new and different person with fresh newness in all you do and think. Then you will learn from your own experience how His ways will really satisfy you." (Romans 12:2)

 When you come to k2 this summer, do not look to your left or to your right to see what you THINK you should be. Look at your heart and examine your own gifts and be who God created YOU to be:)

Road Trip

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Hey K2 Staff Gals!

You know the excitement you feel when you are with your besties and the idea of a road trip pops in your head? Road trips were some of my FAVORITE college memories. I love the idea of jumping in a car and going to new places, exploring new things and being with my best friends.:  laughter and giddiness just seems to permeate from me when the thought of getting on the road and going to some unknown place occurs. Some of you might be feeling a lot of the giddiness and excitement right now as you think about the details of your road trip to Kanakuk this summer! You are energized and excited; dreaming about your co and the kids and what classes you might be teaching or what it's going to be like in the dining hall serving food or in the office sorting mail. Your heart starts racing and your stomach feels like it has a million butterlies floating around.

I guarantee this road trip will be one of a kind. You are going to be part of something bigger than yourself this summer, no matter what position you are serving in, because God does mighty things at Kanakuk. My heartbeat is to help make this roadtrip the most memorable one you will ever experience. I will help you "pack your bags" so you are prepared and ready for this excursion.

Get out your suitcases, gas up your car and rev your motor for the greatest trip ever :)

Always a Family,

Trish