The last night of camp is a special night for seniors, and I will explain that at a later time. This year one of our seniors must to leave early to attend her sister's wedding. Congratulations and a life full of happiness to the couple.
Unfortunately, since she is leaving today, she will be unable to participate in the farewell to seniors on Friday night.
Instead, she wrote a prayer and said it during campfire:
Tonight, we pray for those who don't have the sense of community like the one here at EYMC that I've had the pleasure of experiencing for the last 8 years.
Tomorrow, I will leave EYMC, as all of you will do on Saturday. Some of you will return to this physical place in the upcoming years, and for other of you, it might be the last time here at Camp Heartland, at least for a while. But it is not the 6 days spent here that make up EYMC. It is the late night conversations in your cabin that end up giving you some of your best friends, the pure joy of Clark when he cries in front of the band, and so many other incredible memories and lessons that you will take with you for the rest of your lives.
I pray that we all go out into the world and use the tools EYMC has given us to become the people that create a new instrument called the floboe for a struggling flute player (friends who make things easier when your neighbor is struggling), run around taking pictures at the silliest moments, and creating a space where people can be truly, authentically themselves, maybe for the first time.
We pray for strength to do this, to make the world just a little bit better.
Amen
Kathleen Scoggin
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