A Few Thoughts from an LIT
January 23, 2009 by zoic
Filed under > Campers, Leaders In Training
A Few Thoughts from an LIT
Dear TopaZoic.
I Just thought I’d send you a little something to make you realize what Cairn has done for me. I have been coming to camp for years, and it makes my year. Many of my friends who have never been to camp, don’t understand the way camp is, how it picks you up and feeds your spirit and can give you a life time of inside jokes. Camp for me has always been more about the memories and fun times than it has been about the friends I will have for life.
That is, until this year. LIT has done amazing things for me. I’m so much closer to God, I’m more patient and flexible, I gained a bunch of hard skills like portaging and canoeng and swimming. It let me learn thigns about myself too, like how I need friendships and relationships with real emotional substance, that I DEF need alone time:), that I can be myself all the time with who ever I’m around and thats ok.
The Most Important Thing I Gained from my Cairn Leader in Training Programme
The most important thing that I have gained from LIT is love. I have never felt as close to any 14 people ( incl T-Bayco [ed.: T-ba & Chayko, the LIT Directors]) in my entire life. These people were there for me through an entire month of life. Real, dramatic, and fun, and hard and unforgettable life. They taught me about me, about themselves, about what true friendship is, they put themselves on the line for me to catch if they fall, and always the other way around. At the beginging of July I put myself into the hands of Cairn, and came out with a better life. I learned, i laughed, i cried ( yes, i’ll admit it), I gave but i never gave up, grew but didnt grow all the way up, I sang, danced, played, I lived and I Loved. More than anythign I Loved.
Already I have hung out with Mauri ( and plinko and topia) countless times, went to Zooka’s cottage with 7 of the LIT’s, visited camp yesterday ( and hopefully again this weekend). I talk to the LITs on msn alot, and I’m thankful for that. These people are my friends, my bretheren, and I have You guys to thank for that.
So, thanks. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Thanks for my spirit, and the love, for my brothers and sisters, for countless memories. I just feel amazed at the way the month turned out. I know this whole thiing is a little corny or whatever, but its really the way I feel, and I’m so thankful. You guys are amazing and you are making peoples lives better. You are giving what God gave you and multiplying it tenfold.
For the LITs of 2009,
You all are going to have a fantastic month! That one month impacted my life completely, you will meet and make friends that you had no idea you could make! The friends I made during that summer I am still friends with today and they are some of my closest friends even though we live in different cities. My faith grew and brought me closer to God and to camp and my friends.
Your LIT directors will put their heart and soul into this program to make it the absolout best and you will have an amazing time. You will laugh and smile and dance and sing and soooooo much more! You learn so much in such a short amount of time, and even if you’re tired and have sore muscles, you will want to keep learning and keep having fun. What you learn,being an LIT will get you so far in life, you’ll be learning without even knowing it!
Have an awesome summer I know you will, and I hope you join the wonderful staff that Cairn has. Camp has truely affected my life in such a good way and I hope you find that it does the same for you!