The Bubble

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I have been sitting here for the past ten minutes trying to figure out how to start this blog.  It probably doesn't help that I am sitting in a friend's living room watching her television at the same time.  It is very hard to think straight while an interesting television show also demands my attention.  Now I know what you are saying, just turn off the television.  This would be the sane decision to make.  Okay, you convinced me..there it's off.

Life as a Camp Wife.  What's that like?  What do I do all day?  A thousand questions are probably flowing through your head right now...okay maybe not. (but maybe?)  

One of the gorgeous views of our lake.

Let me start somewhere else.  My husband is the Executive Director of a Bible Camp.  We operate year round.  In the summer we do summer camps, family reunions and retreats.  In the fall, winter and spring, we do conferences and retreats.  We are located slightly in the middle of nowhere US.  Don't worry, we aren't completely cut off from the world, but it is a half hour drive to the nearest Wal-mart. 

That is one thing about being a Camp Wife.  Our lives are lived in somewhat of a bubble.  My husband and I are trying to get away from the "Christian Bubble" phrase. But...when everyone in your 'neighborhood' is a believer, and you live 30 minutes from the nearest city, it is easy to get caught inside this Bubble.  We don't have cable at home, nor do we have internet so it is also easy to be disconnected from what is going on in the world.  

My husband listens to talk radio a lot, so he is pretty well informed, but I, dislike talk radio so I find myself very ill informed on the state of the world. I am trying to remedy this.  I attempt to pay attention when my husband has the radio on and occasionally I find myself changing the station to talk radio.  

I currently do not have a job.  I spend quite a bit of time at home.  However, I am involved with the Theatre and Speech department at the local high school, and I have been helping with the Musical there as well.  I graduated with a degree in Theatre so I have made an effort to be involved with it as much as I can.  I help out sometimes at our community playhouse and am currently in a play there.  Involving myself in the surrounding community has helped me escape the bubble.

Both my husband and I want to make sure that we don't isolate ourselves.  As I've mentioned it would be easy to do so.  However, our ministry is not just about serving the people who come to out to Camp.  God has called us to "shine as lights in the world" (Php 2:15).  That means that as believers we need to be seen.  If I isolate myself out at Camp - where everyone I know is a believer, and I won't be made fun of or rejected because of what I believe - I am not fulfilling God's calling on my life. Plain and simple.

So this blog is about me, trying to fulfill God's calling for my life.  

My Life as a Camp Wife.