Oh, I love Camp Joy.

Yesterday I had the privilege of showing Jared a place that's incredible close and dear to my heart- Camp Joy. For those of you who don't know, Camp Joy is a camp in Flat Rock, NC dedicated to serving mentally and some physically disabled adults while being centered around Christ and dying to self daily. Camp Joy consists of 3 1-week sessions each summer (I, unfortunately, only being able to work the third), and so Jared and I (along with my sister and friend, Liz) took a day trip to the mountains in order to experience the 2 week of Joy so far this summer.

Camp Joy is a seriously one of the happiest places on Earth. It could trump Disney World any day, no doubt about it. Camp Joy holds a huge place in my heart because it not only gets you as close to Heaven on Earth as possible, but you leave there, even after just spending a day, very affected and renewed. I was so glad to be able to share some Joy with Jared yesterday. Since it's such a big part of my life, I deemed it only necessary that another big part of my life be able to experience it, even for just a few hours.

I was rather sad when we had to say our goodbyes. Not only did I see campers whom I loved dearly, but I also was able to see many of the people that make Camp Joy what it is. (All of those behind the scenes, counselor types.) It was such a blessing to go visit for even just a day. It allowed a little brightness to enter my summer for 12 hours, and I'm super excited to be back up there for a whole week in 11 days.

P.S. The blog post after 6 days of Joy will be epic. Prepare yourselves.

Here's a picture of my good friend, David Clamp, from 3 years ago. David passed away around Christmastime unexpectedly after a fight with pneumonia. He usually attends session 2 of Camp Joy, and it was rather obvious, at least to me, that this sweet guy was missing. I know he would have loved to meet Jared and would have loved to sit and chat with him on the porch of Founders Hall about various business ideas or something of the sort.