Missing the Train

We've missed the train.  The train has left the station and we are still standing on the platform, pacing back and forth, wondering and hoping that there will be another train coming along soon.  We didn't even get a chance to grab onto the railing of the caboose.  We just plan missed it.  What do you mean, you ask?  Summer camp.  In just a few short weeks, our equestrian staff will arrive and our training will begin and there is SO much to do before they arrive.  Yeah, we usually say that we're behind, there's a lot to do, and we wonder how we'll get it all done.  But this time, it's May and we haven't done any prep work.  No horses have been ridden, no pastures mowed, no arenas cultivated, no games/activities prepared.  Not sure what happened, but we just haven't been able to get to things.  I feel like I haven't been able to string together consecutive work days working on the equestrian center.  Our weekends have been crazy and seems like we spend the first part of the week recovering from that.  Then it's time to get ready for the next weekend.  The weather was great in March and poor in April.  But no matter what happens and how much we do or don't get done, one thing is true.  Actually two things.  First off, kids are coming no matter what.  They will come and even if all the details don't get ironed out, chances are they won't notice.  And secondly, God's in control and He has His finger all over camp.  We'll work a lot between now and then, almost every day, I'll get saddle and tractor butt, and my life will not be mine anymore.  It'll be camps.  But I give because I want to and I want to give those kids the best that I have to offer.  They probably won't notice the little things and they won't know that I prepared an activity the night before we did it and their experience will still be awesome.  I might have to work harder and longer but they deserve it.  So here's to the summer.....the weeks of prep before summer.....here's to CT2012!