2,200 miles, 13 days, 8 universities, 4 states, 1 dang good time

Whew.. sorry it has been so long since I have blogged.. if you missed the earlier posts, I was gone for 13 days, 2/8-2/20 on a trip all down the east coast visiting old Camp Staff and Recruiting new ones.. because Ridgecrest Summer Camps takes only the best staff.. so we go to big measures to get them.. I had a grand ole time, it was weird being alone on most of the trip though.. 6 of the 12 nights were spent in hotels, and 6 on couches/beds of some very good friends. The trip started with a great night with Stewart Lee and some good people in Clemson,

then I headed down to Tallahassee and FSU, where I was able to see a ton of good friends and have a ridiculously awesome time.

Then over to Pensacola (the bay) where I was so close to Mississippi I could smell the fried goodness and hear the Cowbells ringing. That was the night of the TRUE MAROON basketball game against Ole Miss, I watched alone in my Hotel room as we swept them yet again, and are making it into another one of those situations where we show complete athletic dominance over TSUN, as well as academically, duh.

Then I headed to St. Augustine and Flagler University, where if you have not been to St. Augustine, you must go, soon. It is like a classier, cleaner New Orleans.. with beaches.. so best of both worlds. I got to chill on the beach there in the 65 degree weather, agreed that it is not ideal, but better than snow in NC!

Then down to Orlando, where I had some great times, and a REALLY REALLY bad Tuesday night (Kentucky game), but got to hang with some great staff and campers and visited UCF and got a free ticket to Universal Studios! Man, it was weird being there all alone, but getting in the single riders line for everything was awesome! I rode everything at least 2 times I was being a kid again definitely, and made some friends from England, NY, Spain, and California! And even got to share with one couple what I did and it intrigued them and kind of shared a little bit of the Camp Mission and Gospel with them. They enjoyed it and said it was great to see Christians reaching people in such non conventional ways.. although camp is pretty conventional in the U.S. ha.

On the way back North I had stops in Gainesville, at UF, where I went into "The Swamp" where the legendary Tebow played for 4 years, ha.. and then saw some more great staff!

After Gainesville, it was up to Jacksonville to UNF, where I got to see one cool chica, Kelly Lipscomb, my counterpart at Crestridge last summer.. she showed me some fun and then I got to recruit some staff from UNF.

The last stop was Charlotte, then back home to snowy Ridgecrest!

So that sums up the trip very briefly haha.. if you want to see more pictures they will be uploaded on facebook sometime in the near future.. in the meantime...

Love God and Love People.

Grace and Peace,
Seth

I'm a travelin' man..

God is good.

I have started the hardcore traveling for the internship. This past week I was in the Commonwealth State (Virginia for those of you who need some more American History). While there I was able to visit Virginia Tech University, University of Virginia (where I saw Libbie Thomas!!!), and Liberty University. Those are 3 beautiful campuses.

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UVA-


I didn't take any pictures at Liberty.. whoops.. I really enjoyed the trip and got to see some great friends and meet a ton of new people and even got a few people to apply for camp.. I'm good at my job if I say so myself. And a cool story, while at Virginia Tech, I sneaked into Lane Stadium, Home of Beamer Ball, and even met Bud Foster, VT defensive coordinator, inventor of the "lunch-pail", if you really know me you know how much I loved seeing and experiencing other colleges and their History and Traditions. I even got a tour at UVA from a "U-Guide", which is their form of "MSU Roadrunners" they have nothing on us, but the girl did give an amazing, impromptu tour of Jefferson's Rotunda and "the lawn", the campus is beautiful.

While at VT, I was able to see the April 16th memorial, where the stones lie for the 30 people killed in the VT shooting, it was very touching and a reminder of even though we make fun of Maroon Alerts at MSU, they are used as a preventative and keep us safe.

I will be leaving on Monday for my next big adventure. I am leaving on an 11 day trip that includes stops and recruiting at: Clemson, FSU, Pensacola, Flagler, St. Augustine, Orlando, Gainesville, Jacksonville, and lastly back to Charlotte, NC. I am excited and hope to see some sun and warm weather.. God is good and I am amazed every day at how much he has blessed me with in this opportunity I have been given.

Random Stuff:
- I am beginning to read 2 books this week, one is personal: Crazy Love; and one for work: Scouting the Divine. I am very excited about both.

-We had yet another ice storm here, and as frustrating as it is, it makes for beautiful pictures and landscapes.

Winter Wonderland.. it's like being in a movie

Well this weekend has been fun/surreal/cold/freaking sweet, We did NOT get the 15 inches of snow but we did get 7-8 inches at camp.. I have now been sledding, attempted a snowman (who knew snow could be "too soft" for a snowman), carved snow art, and been snowed in for a day.. hello new life experiences!.. I am now going to post some photo documentation of the "white death"


My poor Dora, she is still like this..

Welcome to Camp in the Winter!

My home in the snow

But... I will leave this amazing place for the first of my 2 BIG trips for recruiting.. I leave tomorrow for Hokie Land and visit Virginia Tech, then off to see my good friend Libbie at UVA (Wahoowa!), then to Liberty, the lands most conservative college, to recruit some staff at all 3 over the next few days.. i'll be back on Thursday night, then head out next Monday for my 11 day journey through SC, GA, FL before finishing up in Charlotte on February the 20th. So.. be praying for safe travels, and that God will lead some great staff to Ridgecrest Summer Camps!

Grace and Peace,

Seth

PS.. I miss and love my dear friend Avent who posted a tearjerker of a blog post about our friendship.. the feeling is mutual Ave..