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Name: Kendra
Birthday: 6/23/1987
Gender: Female
Interests: JESUS!
CAMP SHAMINEAU!
Horses, animals, People in general!
Boys make life interesting!
I love my friends...
I'm Not a fan of School!
I went to Bethel University last year and all I can say is it was an experience I wouldn't change for the world...
Now I am an Intern at Camp Shamineau till May...
I love my Friends and Family!
And what's a girl without her horse and dog so..
I love my horse Bug and my dog Norman.
and I like Tonz o other stuff!
Expertise: Well theres not much to me! I am just your average Jane! A regular chatty Kathy if you know what I mean! I got a mouth to run a motor and get me in trouble! haha! If I know you or am nervous I'll chat it up about anything but I can also be really shy too! But anyway I'm Nothing to special, although my mom says I am! (I think she is bias) she's a sweetie! I love my family! My older bro is just about the coolest person ever, even though he drives me crazy he's such a doll! My dad is the best guy a girl could ask for! And mom well she's my cheerleader! I love Jesus! Yeah, I know a Freak! But it's pretty cool since I am one of those anyway! I love working at Camp Shamineau and being a Shamie! I really like horses! Animals in general are pretty awesome. I love people, they make me happy, sad mad and just about every other feeling you can have but I couldn't live without them! I must say boys make life interesting. Believe me I would know! oh yeah and I may look like I have life all figured
Occupation: Student, Shamineau Intern/Rece
Industry: Other
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Member Since:
8/25/2005
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| A wedding and a funeral...I know the movie is two wedding and a funeral or something like that but that wasn't my week...
Hey So i thought i would post something since i haven't since last year...lots has changed...go figure! It's been 7 months since i last posted anything...wow i suck at blogging...Oh well...So anyways...where was i last in life? Oh I was at camp...Well shortly after that post i quit my internship and moved back home...if you read my last post you see that i got 65% on my midterm...well needless to say i wasn't doing well in my class....so i quit my internship and moved home to really buckle down on school...well it wasn't my plan to quit but it's what happened...I went home thinking i would return...but after i got there...i grew attached to home...in all honesty i hadn't been home for more than a few weeks a at a time in over a year...i had been at camp all summer and then Bethel that previous school year and then Camp all summer the summer before that...so it had been a while...and after not living with your family for so long...you actually learn to appreciate them and well...miss them...a lot of things make you realize how much your family means to you...my title are two things that make you think about such things....
Saturday was a very emotional day for me...that afternoon I went to the most beautiful wedding of two friends of mine...the love they had for eachother was amazing...it was so different...these two kids had been together on and off working through thick and thin for 6 years...they met in High School and worked through the trials that highschool and college bring you...and people thought they would never make it...but there they stood so in love and ready to face a hard life together beaming and glowing...The ceremony was perfect...not overly showy and the message was amazing...it wasn't all that we are so glad you are so happy lovey ooey gooey stuff that gives you a false hope for a perfect no problem easy life ahead...but it was about reality...and how things are hard and commitment is what it's all about....it was great...but that wasn't that part i was thinking about in my title...it was about family....looking at the families of these two young adults and seeing how much love and support they had was just awesome...I honestly can't explain how different and amazing this wedding was...it just made me know that when i get married i want people to see what i saw...how amazing their love was because it was completely centered on Christ and in how supportive and loving of a Christian family network they had!
The other event was not as joyful, after two weeks of rollercoastering emotions and events...my friend's mother passed away saturday evening...though she went home to be the the Lord...it was a tragic occasion...She died of complications of a lung clot and brain damage from that. I couldn't imagine loosing a parent...not now...i mean i know everyone goes eventually but at 19 my friend seems way to young to be missing his mother...The funeral was today...seemed fitting with the rain...the church lights were dim and the sanctuary was filled with people...it's amazing to see how many lives are touched by one person...though i didn't know her well, i know she was an amazing woman...it know this because of how they talked about her...i know you always say only nice things at a funeral...but everything here was said was so much love and it was so heartfelt so you know it was nothing but the truth...and you could also tell by how many people were there...how many lives were touched...and how many people would be missing her...it was nice to see the support that was left behind for my friend...a family to help out and step in to try to fill the un-fillable gap...it was as nice as a funeral could be...knowing the circumstances of course...i had walked in a bit late and slipped in the back row so i hadn't seen Corbin...as we filed out of the church and into the lobby...i looked through the sea of people and black...and there for the first time i saw him...standing like a tower in the rain in red...seems odd that you would wear Red to your mothers funeral...but Corbin has always been a bit out of the traditional...and for some reason it seemed fitting for him...he seemed even taller than normal and as we all gave him hugs he actually smiled and i think that was the start of healing for all of us...
So like i said...it was an emotional past few weeks...life is full of changes...good and bad and well different. This summer is a change...not going to camp this summer is one of the weirdest feelings i have had...so yeah...life is different...but i am getting by!  taking one day at a time and praying my way through...thanking him for friends and family who love and care about me, love me and pray me though the joys and pains of life!
Isn't God amazing?
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| A wonderful end to a terrible beginning...So...This weekend was Fall Fling 1 and SUZY AND MIKE'S WEDDING!!!! The latter of the two events were more exciting for me I must say...the weekend really couldn't have been much better as far as events go...the only thing that could have made it better was if all my ranch peeps had been there....but hey I'll take what I can get.
-So my pretty great week started when my groups left on Tuesday night and me and Jodi got in the car picked up Wyatt and Ken and headed to B-dubs (Buffalo Wild Wings) where we met some of the Circle Pines and Trout people, and Mark and Suzy and Jan and Terry for their last hoopla before they left for Texas! It was pretty fun...after that we ( Jodi, Mark, Ken, Wyatt, Ashley from Trout and I) went to a movie... we saw The Seeker. It wasn't the greatest movie I had ever seen but it was alright. The next two days I had off and spent in acts of random laziness and doing laundry. It was lovely.
-Friday was a normal day in the office and then for a few hours worked on my Firearm Safety with Ken, Jodi and Steve Bosmans. It was nice to have Ken there to help me figure everything out. After that I went home and picked up the house and when to bed at about 11:30.
- Sat. was pretty good. I woke up and went to breakfast where I ran into Suzy...who I must say looked in rough shape...and she informed me that she was. She had been up that night at 2 watching Balto because she couldn't sleep. I asked her how the wedding plans were going since the big day was the next day and she said she could really use some help pulling things together...SO thats what i did most of the day...doing little odd jobs here and there...I helped Michelle decorate and all that fun stuff...and then I helped out at the Ranch for a little while. It was a good time and that evening i did Pizza's with Steph. It was fun. i Played with Eli for a bit when he came with Kim which I always enjoy. Pizza making is always enjoyable if you have a good crew. Which we did. Then like usual I retired for the evening.
THE BIG DAY!!!
Sunday I got up and went to breakfast and met the wedding crew. We headed up to Pine and Jodi worked on Suzy's hair while Michelle worked on Tricia and I sat there for Moral support of the whole party. After that Suzy got in her dress and headed off for pictures...Like you guys may have read in Tricia's Xanga post on the wedding Mike's reaction was Priceless as he turned around to see his Bride and with a stunned look on his face managed to gasp a WOW.....it was cute. After that i was content and went off to get myself ready. I then joined them back up for more pictures and put out the signs directing people places...then as the horse attendant I got the horses and brought them down the the thing...it was a beautiful wedding and nice and short and to the point. After that me and Tricia brought the horses back up and I went to my house...collected my parents who had come for the reception and went to the reception...which was a good time and after that i went home...to the cities with my parents...THAT is where my sucky week started...
Here it is plan and simple...
Monday 10:30am- 11:30pm STUDY for midterm
Tuesday 10:30am - 5:30pm STUDY for midterm
6:00 tuesday- Take midterm...65% =D
I STUDIED MY BUTT OF FOR NOTHING!!!!!!
THIS morning I got up at 5am to get ready to go and drive ALL the way back to camp just in time for the meeting and then i cleaned...it's just been one of those weeks so far...but now it's Fall Fling and I think things may get a bit better.
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| Oh what a night...Well I am sitting here on my laptop at my desk next to Tricia...who is also posting on her Xanga...thinking about my day yesterday...OH WHAT A DAY IT WAS....well oh what a day it was for a day at camp...which usually isn't ALL that exciting...but let me tell you about it anyways...it may provide you something...not sure what..but something maybe...
So I got up...and it was raining.  I ate breakfast like any normal day and then looked at my schedule for the day. My guests were to arrive at 10:40...hmmm odd time ..but ok! So then I went up to the office and waited for them there...promptly at 10:40 they arrived and I went out to meet them IN the rain. I was to do Camp Orientation for about 75 high school and middle school kids from Community Christian School in Wilmar. So I got to Poplar Ridge while they were still unpacking and felt very much in the way so I stepped aside while most of the students looked at me as they passed like. WHO IS THAT!?!? SHE ISN'T FROM OUR SCHOOL!!! Forgetting that I look 16 to the majority of the world who don't know me. But anyways the leader finally got them all settled down and in their chairs for orientation... i introduced myself as the hostess of their group with a few shocked looks from the students I am sure. I went through the rules as they bored holes into my face and when I was finally done I quickly asked if anyone needed anything and I when told know I quickly exited from the room...PHEW!!!! That was nerve racking...I know what you are thinking...KENI...you have NO problem yacking someone's ear off...but I say to you...I HATE PUBLIC SPEAKING!!!! I don't like talking in front of large groups of people...ESPECIALLY middle school and High school age kids that bore holes in your face from their laser-beam stares....Well anyways I helped the High school group move into Thorwall and then I scurried off to lunch...
LATER THAT DAY-
So later on as it was raining cats...but NOT dogs...they decided they wanted to do this rotation thing...which WAS suppose to include the ropes course and paddle boats...but because it was raining so much their were whitecaps on the lake so paddle boats would have been suicidal and the ropes was also out of the question....so we had to improvise. They decided to use the gym, wall and skateboard park as three of their places for rotation and they wanted archery and they decided to rough it and do it anyways even though it was raining...now I wasn't sure if this was a good idea because it was lightning out and the archery shack has a metal roof but we did it anyways and i sat in that shack teaching archery (which i have no idea how to ACTUALLY do) in the rain for THREE hours and froze my little butt off...after that I sat in the gym and tried to warm up till supper.
EVEN LATER THAT DAY-
So even later on that day after dinner there was open climb...I was working on my Math before I had to go start fires with Ken. I was just lying there minding my own business when Rudy came over and interrupted my Math reading by plopping on me and then rolling over to lay on the climbing wall floor next to me...and said in his Rudy voice...WHATCHA doin? And I told him that I was working on math and he decided that he was going to help...by reading my book to me...it was very entertaining...and I wasn't sure if he was actually trying to mess up or if he really couldn't read well...so I helped him along and we had a jolly time. It was the most fun I have ever had doing math homework. Well this has been a very long post...and there still is half the night left...so I am going to start a new paragraph...
FIRES!!!
This will be semi short...
nights after rainy days+wet ground+dry wood= frustrated Ken and Keni and NO fires!!!
(well there was sorta fires)
AFTER THE FIRES-
Well after we got the PR fire started and gave up on the Thorwall one Ken started on his way home and I went back to the house where my WONDERFUL roommate (Jodi) had pizza and a movie waiting for me...we sat down and ate our pizza and watched our movie and at about 10:40 the night began....
RING RING....RING RING....went the camp cell phone.
"Camp Shamineau this is Keni" I answered.
Voice on the other line, "Um...hi, this is Steve with the Community Christian group."
"Hi what can I do for you?" I answered.
"Well we just called 911 and now I am calling you to tell you"-Steve
"OH!!!! What happened!?!?!"-Me
"One of our kids had a seizure, He is ok now but we called 911
and I am suppose to tell you that."-Steve
"Yes, thank you...I will send our first Responders there right away."-me
"Oh...ok...thanks"-Steve
So Me and Jodi called Larry and Jordan to make sure they knew! And then we ran out the door. Since Jordan is our next door neighbor he met us outside. He threw the keys to his truck and told us to go get his stuff out of his office...and then he was off...running to Thorwall as fast as he could...So me and Jodi drove up she got the stuff and headed back down while I ran down the camp driveway from the office to the front entrance to turn on the sign which the timer had gone out on during the power outage earlier. So then Larry showed up and headed down the hill to go help and Lois showed up to direct at the gate and I ran back down the driveway to direct people to Thorwall...It was crazy...Jodi met me half way down the hill and we waited by the office till the ambulance came...then we headed to Thorwall ourselves to see what we could do...by then they were putting the kid in and headed out...so we were not needed anymore so we when back home and sat down on the couch...we had left the movie running so we just watched what was left of it and went to bed....
PHEW....what a crazy day...How was yours!?
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| Yet Another New beginning...So...It's yet again been awhile since I updated you on my life...
Well the school year ended with a few rough bumps but not too bad. It was a bittersweet ending I would have to say. It was sad to leave my friends that I had grown so close to but I was excited to see my Camp friends and to not have any homework for once. It wouldn't be so bad...just a summer away from my Bethel buds and then it would begin again for I had every intention of going back....but as the Summer when on God proved to have a different idea for my life this year.
This summer was an AMAZING summer of growth for my life. I found that as I started this summer at Camp I had in a sense strayed farther than I had realized over my year at Bethel. Not that I had become some terrible person...but I had gotten caught up in life and things that were not important and forgot what my whole focus was...Christ. As the summer when on I grew immensely and life just seemed to get brighter and more free...Thats what following the Lord will do for ya.  It's quite a freeing feeling. So as the summer when on...i prayed that God would open doors and close others so that i would be placed where he wanted me....and thats how I ended up here...Where is HERE? You may ask? Well it's the same place I've been every summer in some way for the past 10 years...Yep...I'm at camp.
I am now the Front office intern here at Camp! So if you ever call the phone at camp...it's very likely that I am that cheerful voice on the other line say..."Shamineau Ministries...how may I help you?" or something to that extent. I'm also Rachel's Shadow right now learning the ropes of Guest Group Host. I must say it's VERY different than the little Ranch world I've always known and loved. I like it, the office people are great and I love Jodi (my roommate) but the health office is no loft and no other place than the ranch will ever feel like home here... It gets a bit lonely... Since the majority of the people that I see during the day here are my parents age (with the exception of Rachel and Mike...and sometimes Suzy) I'm not close with the other Interns but Jodi and I rarely get to see Tricia and Daniela since our schedules don't interact too much ...But for now i can't do much about that...I have no time to have fun or hang out with anyone...I work 8-5 and then i work on homework for my online math class from 7-midnight most nights...Once life settles down...I plan on harassing Tricia and Daniela...Taking my horse out and about...and you know...try to keep busy. Right now Guest Groups are crazy and my nest day off is Sunday of NEXT week. I think I'm going to go home that sat night and stay there through Monday. Try to visit my Bethelites...
Well...now that I sit at a computer most of my days...I will try to post more often.
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!?!?!? Well turns out and ENTIRE youth group from the cities came up for Fall Fling 1 an week early...
OOPS!!! yeah so we had to figure all that out. It was CRAZY!!! Basically my weekend was all like this running around like a crazylady trying to keep myself from collapsing.
Needless to say....I'm REALLY glad it's over. Now all i have to worry about is 70 some pastors that drink coffee and sit in meetings all day. Should be a piece of cake right? 