Life lessons in the home

God has yet again blessed our family.  As most of you know in August we moved out to Camp Horizon.  I took the Graduate Intern position and the position came with free housing.  We have been loving life at camp! It's been a true blessing to see how God works through this place in so many different ways.  I work in the office and see so many different faces and names come through.  I get to hear the wonderful stories of so many people who have been to camp and who have seen God work in their lives.  It's a great place to work.  The camp is in the midst of a building campaign to build a sanctuary.  It's been a blessing to see the generosity of so many people as they give to help further the camps ministry.  

But I want to share with some of you what our little home has taught me.

1) Patience

I'll be very honest when we took the position at camp we had a small idea of what we were to expect out of the job, but not much of one.  We live in what is normally the summer staff cabin.  We have 4 rooms and 2 bathrooms.  We have no real kitchen.  I remember when we first talked about taking this position thinking we don't need a kitchen we'll just use one of the camps kitchens.  But shortly after moving in we learned that was easier said than done.  Most of the weekends are booked out here with groups that use almost all of our facilities.  We have 2 kitchens for them to rent out and use, which meant for us that we aren't guaranteed one.  We made due with what we had.  I cook on a hot plate that has 2 burners and if I have something to bake we use a toaster oven.  The first few times I cooked in our makeshift kitchen the meal always ended in tears.  I was so frustrated I couldn't provide an adequate meal for my husband. I couldn't for the life of me figure out how on earth to cook on that hotplate! I tend to jump to conclusions and most of the time make what seems bad into much worst.  It took sometime to figure out I need to have patience.  Cooking the food takes a little longer on a hotplate than a regular stove.  This kitchen has taught us both a lot in the way of patience. We also had a tiny little sink.  Like one you would have in dorm. It was hard to wash dishes! But thank goodness we have been blessed with a bigger one now! Our house is divided into 2 different sections.  When the counselors are here one side is the guys side the other the girls.  In order to get from one side to the other you have to go outside. This is something I found on Pintrest and it fits our little home perfectly. :) 

Thank you Camp Horizon! 

2)You don't need stuff

When I used to picture my home with my family I always imagined it as a big home with 3 or 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, a large kitchen that flowed right into the dinning area.  A big area for a living room.  A large backyard and a very nice patio.  I wanted a basement that was filled with fun toys for the kids and their friends.  Our home has taught me that I don't need that stuff to be happy or have a nice home.  It's not the stuff that makes the home but the people in it.  I like small.  I like having a cozy home.

3) Make the little things count

Even though our home isn't a typical home we have learned to make the best of it.  Sure we get frustrated with it, but we have already made so many memories in this home.  Memories that we will look back on and laugh at.  We have been taught things by this house that if we lived anywhere else we wouldn't have learned. 

This is our first home and I love it. I thank God for providing for us.  For giving us a house that has many lessons to teach us.  Our fist home is perfect.

Here are some pictures, just to give you way to visualize our little home.