Just a reminder: you have chosen to take the leap into leadership...hopefully none of you cringed as you read those words. 

If you would all stop moving for a few seconds and really listen, I can almost guarantee that many of you would hear the same thing: CHAOS! So much is going on and people are passing in and out of your life like an overworked toll booth on the NJ Turnpike during evening rush hour traffic. 

I am in GVILLE working on these cabins, slaving for hours a day with several other brave guys from the office, and yesterday as we turned off the power tools and generator from another long day of work, I heard a beautiful thing: SILENCE.  It was magical.

Don't worry, I am not about to say go and get some solitude or do a silent retreat this weekend.  What I am going to challenge you with is this: the decision to take the leap into leadership this summer is really admirable...but the decision to show up at camp and try to lead without the proper preparation is suicide. 

I was just in Yosemite Park and was able to observe these incredible mountains and rock portions, some of which people actually climp!  I wondered how they ever do that and live to tell about it or look at the pictures.  The answer: dynamic and disciplined preparation. 

Friends- you cannot just wing this summer.  Even Ambassador leaders cannot just suck it up for 3 weeks and survive...okay, you can but you will hate yourself for it.  I am calling us all into deeper levels of preparation.  Make the tough decisions that need to be made to prepare yourself to walk in all of what God has destined for you to walk in this summer. 

Be ready to fast...start tomorrow if you need to.  Be ready to step away from activity and obligation.  Be ready to add to your prayer networks.  Be ready to pause and listen...make some space...and prepare.  I know you can do this.  I know you need this.  I know I need this...