southside in october.
i said i would write about camp this fall, so here it is. since amy and lissa have both left, we brought a small group to camp this time. nine girls. i really liked it. we got to spend more time with each girl, and know them that much better.
fall camp is a fitness camp. so we do a lot of stuff. we run the annual race to the pine 2K (which really just sounds impressive... it's a mile and a half and you can walk it if you want.) i usually run with the girls who are going to walk part way. then i get to walk, too. 
i ran with tishia this year, which was way less exhausting than running with shelia and latamara last year (who didn't really run, but would sometimes just stop and declare she was done. i carried her, i jogged in place, i threw words of encouragement left & right. i carried her right up to the finish line so she could run over by herself. she loved it, 
though she didn't want me to know that...). this year, the two of them actually ran most of the way. i was so proud of them! do you see the medal? the running medal? never thought i'd have one, much less two! and tishia & i actually 
ran most of the way... she rocked this race! we did circle aerobics on friday night this year, which was much better than after the race. we watched a good girly movie after the girls got 
pedicures on saturday night. and we played. and relaxed. we laid under the stars and wondered at the floorboards of heaven. and some of the girls got to see a shooting star for the first time! it was so cool to be with them when they saw it. all in all, it was a fantastic weekend! i am anxious to see what this year will look like with so few of us volunteers and staff left. i cannot imagine letting this go.
posted by julie @ 1:24 PM
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Hey there! Can you tell me more about this organization? Last April I and three other ladies started a mentoring ministry (under the auspices of our church) for underprivileaged middle-school girls in Austin. We have no clue what we're doing, but we show up every week and the girls keep coming, so I think something's going right! I'm curious to hear what your camp is all about.
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