A Few Thoughts from an LIT
Dear TopaZoic.
I Just thought I'd send you a little
something to make you realize what Cairn has done for me. I have been coming
to camp for years, and it makes my year. Many of my friends who have never
been to camp, don't understand the way camp is, how it picks you up and
feeds your spirit and can give you a life time of inside jokes. Camp for me
has always been more about the memories and fun times than it has been
about the friends I will have for life.
That is, until this year. LIT has done amazing things for me. I'm so
much closer to God, I'm more patient and flexible, I gained a bunch of hard
skills like portaging and canoeng and swimming. It let me learn thigns about
myself too, like how I need friendships and relationships with real
emotional substance, that I DEF need alone time:), that I can be myself all
the time with who ever I'm around and thats ok.
The most important thing that I have gained from LIT is love. I have
never felt as close to any 14 people ( incl T-Bayco [ed.: T-ba & Chayko, the LIT Directors]) in my entire life.
These people were there for me through an entire month of life. Real,
dramatic, and fun, and hard and unforgettable life. They taught me about me,
about themselves, about what true friendship is, they put themselves on the
line for me to catch if they fall, and always the other way around. At the
beginging of July I put myself into the hands of Cairn, and came out with a
better life. I learned, i laughed, i cried ( yes, i'll admit it), I gave but
i never gave up, grew but didnt grow all the way up, I sang, danced, played,
I lived and I Loved. More than anythign I Loved.
Already I have hung out with Mauri ( and plinko and topia)
countless times, went to Zooka's cottage with 7 of the LIT's, visited camp
yesterday ( and hopefully again this weekend). I talk to the LITs on msn
alot, and I'm thankful for that. These people are my friends, my bretheren,
and I have You guys to thank for that.
So, thanks. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Thanks for my spirit,
and the love, for my brothers and sisters, for countless memories. I just
feel amazed at the way the month turned out. I know this whole thiing is a
little corny or whatever, but its really the way I feel, and I'm so
thankful. You guys are amazing and you are making peoples lives better. You
are giving what God gave you and multiplying it tenfold.
