I have a post by the same name a bit further back but it was just talking about the theme. This is the after blog and there is plenty to be said. But I will start with something close to what I said one night at our group devo. It's why I love Uplift basically.
Uplift is a place where you can do anything. Some people might care but in general you can run around with a flag and a mullet (me) and be praised. Its a place where the things of everyday life don't matter, the things you would look at and laugh and ridicule are accepted and encouraged. The person that does the crazy and fun stuff simply has fun. Because we all know in our hearts that's what we want to be able to do day by day. Its a place of openness where the person that you've known for 30 minutes is the person you tell your life story and all your struggles. Where simply sharing the same hallway in a dorm means you will end up lifetime friends. Where the people you meet will be communicated with all year. Its a place where you can cry and no one cares, as a matter of fact we encourage it because it means you've opened up and we are here for you. It's a place where God's presence is prevalent. As Jeremy Keck said last year on a one night visit, "I've only been here one night and I can feel God". He is simply there, ready to work on soft hearts. It is a place of activity, we talked a lot this year about the danger of down time but also the gift of it. We have plenty of down time at Uplift but you are never doing anything "down" with it. Assuming you stay up late in your dorm you are averaging 4-5 hours of sleep and all other 19-20 hours of the day you are going non-stop and its awesome.
Now that we have this wonderful overview lets talk just a little about this year. It was our (PV) first year without Steven in who knows how many years. But we had some amazing people to fill the spots. Rambo was great as well as Barrie Jo in challenging the girls and I don't think we could have a better group of interns. Michael and Brett just blend right in with everything and do awesome fun things and deliver great lessons while doing it. (Schfing schfing) I don't know too much about Rachael (sorry) but PV has her so she has to be amazing. I met a lot of "Indie" campers this year and they are awesome, I always said if I was at a church that didn't go to Uplift that I would go as an individual but I thought it would be lonely. It is so obvious that that's a sweet deal cause basically you go with whatever youth group you want on stuff and get a bigger suite. I met some awesome people from Searcy and Wilson from Memphis and the hours spent laughing in our rooms with 5-6 guys sleeping in way too little space were epic. I missed out on a lot of the Ultimate that I usually love this year cause I wasn't feeling too great but I got to spend some time in the talent show tryouts as well as with Mak, Kaiti, and Sarah. I just remembered that last year when I wrote my Uplift recap I was writing Makennah as a new friend and misspelling her name. Now we're almost at 10 months :) love ya. Anyways It was a wonderful week even though we didn't get as many classes and Wiley Lowe wasn't there. Zoo's last year was sad but I got to go on stage and I won a lot of stuff and I had fun. Me and Wilson are bidding for the spot next year Uplift board.
The drama was pretty amazing up until the poor wrap up on the last night. But the prayer of the mother on day 2 almost made me cry. And if you sat by me you know I have a major crush on the Jane character.
That's just about it although after I post this I'm sure I will think of pages more, the recap via tweets that I did last year I think I'm going to make tradition so look out for that.
Uplift 2011 is just around the corner guys, Love ya and cya next year!
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