shorty

4/16/09

hey guys and gals out there following along with us. we just checked out of the Grand Prix hotel here in gatlinburg, where we are about to run and pick up groceries for the next week, send a package from the u.p.s. store back home, and then head back up into the hills.

sadly in all of this, us being here the last day and a half, this computer i am typing from has been occupied a majority of the time by other hikers and guest of prix, so we have had slim opportunities to blog. but really the more I've thought about it, i knew that in blogging this week, for myself at least, my words would have been really scattered and wouldn't have made a whole lot of sense. i really have a whole lot to tell everyone and can't wait to fill everyone in on what all's been going on out in the woods, but I guess it's going to have to wait one more week. i hope this is o.k.

next week we will be in hot springs, nc and will be nearby a library.. hopefully with more than one computer and without any time constraints.

i miss you guys like crazy, and hope that everyone is experiencing the Lord in mighty ways... that we all are awake to His work & love in our lives.

micah sends his love as well. we are bummed out we didn't get the opportunity to let you guys in this week, we will try and make up for it next time.

ways to pray for us: as this gets more comfortable or easier for us to endure what we are going through/easier to plan for/feels more natural, it has a tendency, subconsciously almost, to feel like we can do this thing without the hand of the Lord. Blatantly obvious to us is that God cannot not be in this, but I guess our struggle is that: by not acknowledging our need for dependence, we are not being alive and awake to what it is that He has planned in this, and we, not intentionally, get in a mindset that it is us doing the doing. we forget... and i guess it doesn't matter if your in the woods, where your needs are food-water-warmth-shelter and staying alive, or in your home- where the met needs are not as pressing or life threatening... broken vessels are broken vessels whether your rich/poor, warm/cold, hungry/full, or around loved ones/alone in the woods. broke is broke, pray for us to know Christ more intimately and that our love for Him, and more so, His love for us, would pour over in the relationships that are being built on the trail with the other hikers. pray for micah and mines' friendship: that it would continue to grow and not be complacent, or stagnant. it's hard to do what we are doing, only having one another to feed off of, communicate with, and live this out with. i can't explain why that is... but it's difficult. anyway just pray that we can continue to communicate and grow together.. in Him.

i love you all, thanks for your thoughts and prayers. until next time.

dartanian (greyson 'nitro' campbell)