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First 5 days – SURPRISE backpacking trip

Wowza… Camp Eagle and the Walkabout Discipleship program is no joke (not that anyone thought it was), but let me just tell you I started the first day off with a 5 day and 4 night backpacking trip. We were given 20 short minutes to go to our cabins and pack up the very limited items that we were allowed to bring with us. Previously I posted a blog about materialism and once again the Lord demonstrated to me the worldly desires that I hold in my own flesh.

PHONE: It definitely hasn’t been as hard as it would seem to be without a cell phone, but I have had a few withdrawals from it! More so texting and random phone calls that I am use to receiving. But, I can say that over the past week of being without it.. I have gotten use to not having it with me at all times… OR EVER! Once again a sweet slap in the face about the how important it is to stay face to face connected within relationships and not rely on phones (texting or social media) to build connections. An even greater picture of the separation we create in our own lives from sharing the Gospel with those we love.

INTERNET: Well, similar to my phone, it hasn’t been a huge drastic change and withdrawal, but it is there at times! Mainly because of my constant access to Facebook, email, and Instagram through my iphone. And obviously you can understand that without the phone, there is not internet. Plus we are unable to connect with our computers, except on authorized internet days! Which the day I post this will obviously be one of those days! A reminder from the Lord that we all once lived without the Internet… and the time that I am currently away from such materialism – I am able to better focus and manage my time on journaling and growing closer in the Lord.

SHOWER: Proudly I can proclaim that I have not missed getting to shower every day, but I was very blessed to return to main camp and be allowed to shower after those long 5 days! That sounds gross I know… but hey I am Haley… I am sure you know I enjoy being different and expanding my boundaries! Now… don’t think to extreme about this no shower idea. I was able to jump in a tank at a windmill and a river! But, I was away from the items included in showering (shampoo, conditioner, soap, face wash, deodorant). The Lord definitely laid it on my heart that I pay a lot of attention to my outward appearance and not enough time on the appearance of my heart.

SLAPS in the face for Haley!!!