Bears, Olympic athletes, and life

Well, this blog would have been posted earlier....but silly Blogspot ate it and I just haven't had the time to re-type everything. So sorry it's been awhile since the last time I wrote.

This last weekend was really fun. The Lodge crew went to Colorado Springs on a "fun day." We went to the Olympic training center and stood in long lines to get autographs from people we had never heard of before. We also saw 6 year olds karate chop adults and (pretend to....i hope) incapacitate them. We also saw a fencing demonstration and a BMX (if they were on bycicles, is that still BMX?) demonstration. After our adventure there, a group of us went thrifting and then went to Manitou Springs. In all, it was pretty epic. We also saw a bear on our way to the Springs.

Since I've been here, I've realized a few things about myself that are pretty significant. I've realized that I am a very touch oriented person. Since I've been here, there have been times when I've gone up to two weeks without a hug. That's been pretty tough for me. When I'm not touched, it's really easy for me to withdraw into myself. I've never really thought I would be in this postition. But, seeing as how I have a negative response to not being touched, I think that this summer will really help push me closer to feel the touch of Christ. One of the girls in my house brought the book God Speaks Your Love Language by Gary Chapman. I read the chapter on physical touch because I was curious about how God could fulfill something that is so physical, so here and now. It really opened my eyes and made me realize that God can speak to me and tell me He loves me through my love language.

Something else that's really hit home with me is how much I dislike change. I've fallen into doing everything I can to avoid change. This last month has been full of changes. Some have turned out for the good, and some are still too early to see if they are good or bad or neutral. I hope that I can get out of this habit by the end of the summer.

As a cook, I'm pretty behind the scenes. I don't have much interaction with the guests. I don't get to hear their life stories like the servers and the programmers. It's kind of frusterating sometimes. Sweating in the kitchen for food that people you don't know will eat, or not eat depending on the night. It's hard to be in the kitchen from 7 in the morning to 3 in the afternoon...and then back again from 5 to 8.... many days without a hi or a thank you from the guests. Oh well, I just hope that if the food is good, people can open up to what God is trying to teach them while they are up here.

Speaking of being a cook, we have way too much fun in the kitchen. "More fun than a human otta have" as Dr. Noebel would say. Today we burned a cookbook (accidently...) and yesterday we found food that had been left in the ovens for a whole week. It's been epic.

Well back to the grind...if the chipmunks don't get me first....and that baby chipmunk people are keeping in my house doesn't give me rabies....

Cook out
~Kori