Meet the Cast and See the Set

So I thought I'd let you know who's been here at camp, I want you to meet those who I spend every single day with!! It's quite exciting and every single person is amazing in there own way!

So first, I'd like to introduce you to my roommates:

Nancy, Makayla, Lindsey and me!

They are amazing people, they encourage me to push myself and kind of break out of my mould. It's so awesome to be able to laugh about almost anything and the very next second to be asking the hard questions and really testing each other, trying to ground each other in our faith. These girls are the ones that I spend the most time with and I'm so grateful and thankful for them.

Next for all the ladies:

Looking lovely for the Thanksgiving Dinner!

These are equally phenomenal people. They are all so beautiful and caring and different! They each bring a different gift to our group that helps to make living on a girls floor not only better than bearable, but uplifting and so much fun!!
 So in the picture on the very left in the pink shirt is Alisha, the taller girl right behind her is Erin, and right next to Erin is Tessa (Not sure if you can see the dreads, but she's the one with dreads), Stacey is the shorter blonde in the black dress in the front and beside her with the redder hair is Hannah. The tallest blonde in the back is Kathleen. Nancy is front and center with Lindsey tucked away right beside her. Nicole is the one in the blue shirt and floral skirt. Bec, our female intern (she lives right across the hall, and is awesome!) is a quarter cut off by Nicole, with Erin Karklins, our Assistant Kaleo leader in the Hollister Sweater and Makayla is right behind her in the very back. There's me (who I hope that you know!) and then there's Toni!! These are all the Kaleo ladies that I have gotten to know very well and love very much!

Now for the Guys:

So there are 9 guys in the program, and the picture does show 8 (just in case you were wondering if I couldn't count), I actually couldn't find any picture with all of the guys, so this one will have to suffice. From left to right, there's Matthew, Michael, Mitch, Tanner, Keith, Graedon, Cody, Jon. Trevor is the one who isn't pictured.
These guys are really awesome brothers, they often bring the comedy relief and the necessary characteristics to keep us level headed and still on our toes. They're all really intelligent and fun to hang out with and I would have to say that life here at Camp Qwanoes would actually be quite boring without them because they love to prank and get into all kinds of mischief - and it most of the times ends up becoming a group joke, but there is the occasional time where it gets taken too far (thankfully it hasn't been that often!). Just like the girls, they are all different in their personalities and it's been such an amazing time getting to know each of them and their unique gifts.

Now for my room!! (Don't worry, it was semi-clean when I took the pictures!)
The Tour:
We'll start at our door (Exciting, I know!):

That white paper on the bottom is one of
the many quote walls throughout the building

Then we move into the bathroom area (Even more enthralling!):

The toilet and shower are in the reflection of the mirror
(not actually, I just didn't want to take a thousand pictures)

Keep moving until we head into the actual sleeping quarters (Where it gets a little more exciting...)

This is actually what my room looked like
2 weeks ago...

This is what it looks like right now

This is the inside of it! (with a little of Nancy)

Then my bed area (duh, duh, duh...it's actually clean!!!)

There's actual books open on my desk = Studious!

Then you get the awesome view from my seat at my desk. (You don't really get to see the actual ocean in the picture, but it's there)

I wanted to wait to do this particular post because I wanted to wait until I had gotten to know the people here better. I love being here at Camp Qwanoes, it's been a remarkable time these past three months studying, adventuring, laughing, playing, crying, and going crazy! I haven't regretted one single thing about being here and I can't wait to see what God has in store for me for the rest of this month and the new year...He's been patient with me while I've been solidifying my biblical foundations and building upwards from there. I've learned so much about His grace and I've been reorienting my identity to be the one that He loves, It's been hard, but it's rewarding to say the least.

I hope to be doing another video sometime soon, so stay tuned!!

Thank you all so much for coming alongside me through all this, if there's anything you would like to know more about, please let me know!

Love, Marissa