Well this first month of living at Crooked Creek Ranch in Fraser Colorado has been absolutely amazing. It's funny how time settles into your memory, it seems as though I have been out here for a long time but on the other hand I feel as though we just started. There is so much do be done around camp that you don't see or realize when you are here with your high school friends. We work hard and play hard. As far as work goes I have done a lot of housekeeping (I know I can see the shock on your faces), worked in the kitchen, I worked on the ground at the ropes course haha, lots of shoveling, we sodded an outdoor amphitheater and Guest Services. I also had my first taste of shoveling snow yesterday (Not as hard as Ga red clay but there is more of the snow and its colder). For this first month we have all kind of worked everywhere, just to get a feel for where everything in camp goes and how things run. Starting tomorrow we start our rotations for the next 3 months. I will be in guest services most of the weekends and we all do housekeeping on Sundays and Mondays. Guest Services is basically just what it sounds like, if the guest need something then it's my job to get it done. We do a lot of small maintenance things while we are working in guest services such as changing light bulbs, cleaning the coffee bars and setting things up that the different groups my needs like chairs and tables and things. I worked two weekend nights last week on GS and didn't get home until around 2 or 230 in the morning. Luckily on my first shifts nothing major happened. I got them some firewood, blankets, heaters and the hot tub breaker tripped, so things went smoothly. We will see how the next few months go on there.
I have met so many great people out here. My house mates are great! Each in their own way. I will tell you about them in a later blog. Just know that the staff here are some amazing and Godly people.
Yours prayers are greatly appreciated if you feel so inclined to do so. Here are a few specifics that you could be praying for.
-The house mates getting along. So far we are doing great but we have a long way to go.
-Our fundraising efforts. I know I am a good bit short of what is required to be raised and I don't know who else to send a fundraising letter to. I believe the other interns still have yet to meet there goals as well.
-For our bible study times on Thursdays. That we may be open to what the spirit is leading us to and be willing to learn.
-For our coming months. Winter here is long and there is already a good bit of snow on the ground. Lots of us are southern folk who are not used to this kind of weather.
-That God would use us as His tools to reach as many people for the Kingdom as possible this year.
May the good Lord take a likin' to ya,
Steven "Steebo" Waters
Steebo723@bellsouth.net
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