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Unequipped, In Charge, and In China
Rock-N-Water has been a place of tremendous growth for me since my volunteer year four summers ago. Both the staff around me and the responsibilities I have been given have pushed me past my comfort zone, however; I recently was put in a situation in which I felt completely unequipped. It all started when I [...]
Destination Desolation
As a volunteer last summer I had the joy of getting to go on one of Rock-N-Water's backcountry trips with a group of campers. We left for the wilderness on Monday as strangers, but returned Thursday as close friends. Throughout the course of those four days I personally watched and experienced how God used His [...]
Rich in My Heart
At Rock-N-Water I panned for gold for the first time. My experience changed the way I thought about gold-panning. People on television make panning look effortless. What I learned that day was nothing like I expected. […]
He Causes Growth
God is moving every single day. If you think about it, the growth that happens in you is continuous. When I look back to a couple years ago, last year, a few months ago, or even a week ago, I’ve grown a lot. God teaches me things every single day, and at the end of [...]
Suicide Prevention Training
6 years ago we lost our 19 year old daughter, Linnea Lomax, to suicide due to a mental illness. I look back on that time and realize how unprepared she and the rest of her community were when it came to addressing her onset of mental illness and suicidality. Her parents, friends, college pastor, roommates, [...]
The Dignity and Humility of Christ
dig-ni-ty (noun) The state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect A sense of pride in oneself; self-respect1 In a social-media dominated world, there is a constant pressure to prove yourself. Prove to your peers that your life is just as glamorous and exciting as theirs. As humans, [...]
Encouragment Brings Hope
In the article The Big Difference of Simple Encouragement, Becky Keife shares the story of an experience that was so small, yet so big. All it took was an encounter with a stranger at the library while she was on an outing with her children. Becky mentioned that she was feeling exhausted and worn-out trying to [...]
A Sojourner’s Quest
I was on fire for God and I loved working at summer camps, but I didn’t realize just how many more lessons God had in store for me. I had spent the previous two Summers working at Trout Lake Camps in Pine River, Minnesota. And though I loved it, I felt it was time to [...]
Overcoming Fear
I hate to admit it, but fear has played a big part of my story. Not only has it played a part in my past, there are times fear affects my life even now. Whether it is fear of the unknown, fear of rejection, fear of failure, fear of missing out, or just a general [...]
Understanding Mental Health
Most of us don’t spend much time thinking about our mind or how healthy or unhealthy it is. In general, a well brain is something we expect. But more often than you might think, minds can become seriously ill. Debilitating depression, anxiety, schizophrenia… when we see people suffering from a severe brain sickness like these [...]
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