This past weekend, I got the opportunity to go to Rockbridge for the 11th time. I love being there as you can obviously tell. I get this weird feeling from this camp, and it's just so addicting! Anyway, I went to serve a Wyldlife winter weekend, and I was part of the ropes course. It was definitely one of my favorite trips to Rockbridge thus far! (Beaten basically by Work Crew for the month cause nothing will ever beat that!)
My job on the ropes course was to run this tower called the High 5. In short, you climb a telephone pole, and the higher you get on the pole, the shakier it gets. My job was to keep the kids safe, so that if they fell, I would catch them, and lower them safely. It wasn't as stressful as it seems, even though it really should have been. There were many kids who came to me to climb the pole, and it was a sweet experience. Getting to let them know they were believed in, and just getting to spur them on in their ascent. Encouraging them when they got scared, and not letting them get hurt. It was a great experience.
There was one girl who came to climb it, and she was deaf. This proved to be a very difficult thing for me to deal with. Instead of the regular commands, we had hand signals, and we made it possible for her to climb it safely. She did it without even thinking twice. She seemed to have the time of her life with it. It was a cool experience.
The best part of the job though was seeing how this small part of the camp has the work of God all over it. It forces the kids to put their trust and essentially their life in my hands. They must do this because they are hooked up to a rope that is connected to me, so I can lower them safely. Putting your life in the hands of someone you don't fully know takes a lot of faith.. Which to me seems like our walk with God. We can't fully understand God's love, so putting our trust and life into His hands is not an easy thing to do. It's also not very easy to do this climb. As I said, the pole shakes. This makes it a little difficult to climb it, turn around, and essentially jump. This, in my eyes, points at our walk with God. Them being hooked to me by the rope puts me in the role of "God", and they're climbing this challenge with a little help from me. I'm telling them some things they should do to make it easier on them, and encouraging them and so on. They get to see how hard it is, while also knowing how to trust someone that holds your life in their hands. The final jump at the end is a huge leap. It's not only a physical leap, but it's really a leap of faith. They put everything on the line for a half second of flight to hit a glove in the air. This is also is saying to me "I trust you. I know you won't drop me" Which is what I hope they also said to God this weekend. There are so many things about this camp, and every Young Life camp that just points to the gospel, and Jesus's work.
This weekend had so much to offer, but that was the highlights of my experience serving those kids, and helping them have a good time.
Another cool thing was Saturday night a few of us just had a time of worship where different people led us in some worship songs. It was a truly great experience.
This is the true reason I love Young Life.
Have a good night, y'all
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