Saturday, April 09, 2005

Rough Draft

ok this is just a rough draft so no laughing! I wanna know how it is as of this far and i need your imput on how to make it better. Kelsey said that there might be a contest this year on our fav. counselor at camp and we might get a free week. I dont know if its definite yet or what but i figured i'd get started any way. Don't be affended you other counselors out there!! I love u all!! I just just Doll cause she was easy to write about.

My Favorite Counselor

Choosing just one counselor of whom I like the most is not a simple task. Each person has their own uniqueness, be it from their way with words to just being plain cool. Jenny Brown for example, this young lady of God can get her campers to do everything she asks of them without fuss and still we love her very much. Gina on the other hand is really cool. There is no way to put it but cool. She understands us and relates in her own way. But there is one counselor to whom I applaud and greatly believe is worthy being called my favorite.

Dorothy Porawski more commonly known as Dolly is my and many other’s favorite counselor. There is nothing that I or anyone else can say to express how great she really is. You just need to get to know her to understand. Dolly has gone to great lengths for her campers to feel at home at LLC.

As I ponder in thought while in great awe, I have had the pleasure to know Dolly through camp. As I have watched her love all the campers, I’ve seen her patience with us and her ambition to not give up. Dolly cares very much about each and every one of her campers and treats us as if we were her own. She knows each of us individually and has come to love us more and more every day as the week quickly slips by. She gives each child attention and cares very much about us.

As we are woken up by the soft nudge and whisper she expresses God’s love for us. Though her actions she shares his wonderful grace as we prepare for the day that God has created for us. She not only inspires me but she inspires other campers as well. For example, she reads her bible daily and strives to be an example for him that someone will see and also want to be of God. As we prepare in the morning and rest in the afternoon we listen to the Lords gospel through music. As she prays she seems very deep in the words she has to say. Dolly sets a superior example of one of God’s unique children. For me personally, Dolly has been there for me when I was going through a state of depression and self doubt and she has helped me to overcome it with the help of the lord to carry me.

In many, many ways Dolly is a wonderful person and counselor. She shares God’s wonderful grace and inspires me to be everything I could possibly be. She encourages me to be strong in time of doubt and tells me to rely on the almighty Lord for protection and strength though the emotional storms. Dolly has great patience and can be very funny and is friendly to all. I could go on for ever about the child God has blessed and how she is worthy of a great ovation for just having God’s fingerprints all over her. Everyday God is improving Miss. Porawski in the image of himself. She truly is a fingerprint and a masterpiece that we quietly applaud. Dolly is my favorite counselor but, honestly, every counselor has something special about them that they should be rewarded for.

Hows that so far? I'm not the greatest writer like some people i know! (DOLLY!!) but i'm working on my skills! so shh! lol

2 comments:

lady be good said...

Speechless I am. Thanks Nikki so much for choosing me as your fav. counselor and for writing so many nice things about me. But you know what? If I had to choose my favorite camper, I wouldn't choose you--- because I consider you more important in my life than just a camper. Nikki, this year you have become one of my friends, one of those forever friends and I love ya like my little sis.

laff...

Anonymous said...

Wow Nikki!! What a wonderful essay!!! And everything is absolutely true. Dolly is a super person that I too have come to know and love. She's definitely full of God's grace and love for humanity. She's
thoughtful, helpful and compassionate, and most certainly enriches the lives of those around her. I'm so glad she's my friend!!!

-Mike :+)