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session eleven: ball help
session eleven is always a weird way to end the summer. my camp ends on monday night, && that is the start of the week for everyone else....
Jules Arata
Aug 14, 20234 min read
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session ten: && what about it??
this session was strange in almost every way. it was our last week as a team at ranch, with only 17 campers. and 8 counselors, that's...
Jules Arata
Aug 7, 20234 min read
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session nine: #thegreatcommission am i right?
this session was so sweet to me. it was our smallest session yet, only 59 campers in my sweet little dining hall to love on and teach how...
Jules Arata
Jul 31, 20234 min read
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session eight: a bird in RDH?
this session was special. it was much like session five, one where i just connected so easily with the campers. a session that i spent...
Jules Arata
Jul 24, 20233 min read
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session seven: silky chicken? yeah so probably
this session it hit me. exhaustion from being here for two months with only four days at home. && the reality of camp coming to an end,...
Jules Arata
Jul 17, 20233 min read
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session six: just trusling
this session had a goofy start, with it being the fourth of July and all. it was a day full of arrivals && bomb pops && glitter && human...
Jules Arata
Jul 10, 20233 min read
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session five: SPF
this session was an absolutely answered prayer. i was nervous bc i truly loved the session four campers and watching them leave was hard....
Jules Arata
Jul 3, 20233 min read
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session four: be still my heart
this session, i had a late start. i missed opening day due to being out of state, so i thought i was gonna be at a disadvantage. i knew...
Jules Arata
Jun 26, 20232 min read
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session three: for your sake
this session was opposite in all ways. there were 20 more campers, everyone got sick, and i left halfway through. a session where a lot...
Jules Arata
Jun 19, 20232 min read
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session two: small but mighty
this session was smaller in a lot of ways. one with less campers, && less campers. one where i would dare to say the dining hall felt...
Jules Arata
Jun 12, 20233 min read
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session one: silly goofy
this is the part, just like last summer, when i start to remember. when i remember how hard mondays are, how i am thrown onto an...
Jules Arata
Jun 5, 20233 min read
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staff training: take 5
"this year camp has felt different." this has been my response throughout the last two weeks when loved ones from home have asked how it...
Jules Arata
May 29, 20232 min read
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upstairs: football edition
Broken Arrow, OK my oklahoma event is the last one before camp...again? it felt poetic that my last trip before i go to the mountains for...
Jules Arata
Apr 29, 20232 min read
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the springs were indeed blue
Blue Springs, MO a first time event that is at a high school, sounds like a nightmare right? it was actually a dream i mean other than...
Jules Arata
Apr 17, 20232 min read
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my kind of big apple
Spokane Valley, WA while yes, this weekend i did spend about 12 hours in the denver airport due to layovers, it was worth it for this...
Jules Arata
Mar 26, 20232 min read
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mile high climb
Lakewood, CO when i say i was raised in texas, i mean it. i grew up doing tornado drills in school, so with last week being the second...
Jules Arata
Mar 22, 20232 min read
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the capitol: family edition
Austin, TX this was my third time to Austin for an event, but it was special, this one was with my family. when i was growing up, my...
Jules Arata
Feb 19, 20232 min read
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&& that's nodak for ya dontcha know
Fargo, ND walking into an event as established as this, 9 years in the making, 2 million meals at the junior hockey arena in Fargo, was...
Jules Arata
Feb 5, 20233 min read
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In the Pines
Houston, TX a whole month off. a whole month. to rest. to learn. to readjust. rest is something that is so profoundly simple. something...
Jules Arata
Jan 22, 20233 min read
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Passion 23
Dickies Arena; dec 28-30, 2022 what a beautiful thing, that i bookended my year at Passion Conference. what a beautiful thing, that i got...
Jules Arata
Dec 30, 20222 min read
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