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Jules Arata
Aug 13, 20234 min read
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....
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Jules Arata
Aug 7, 20234 min read
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...
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Jules Arata
Jul 31, 20234 min read
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...
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Jules Arata
Jul 24, 20233 min read
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...
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Jules Arata
Jul 17, 20233 min read
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,...
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Jules Arata
Jul 10, 20233 min read
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...
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Jules Arata
Jul 3, 20233 min read
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....
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Jules Arata
Jun 26, 20232 min read
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...
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Jules Arata
Jun 19, 20232 min read
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...
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Jules Arata
Jun 12, 20233 min read
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...
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Jules Arata
Jun 5, 20233 min read
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...
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Jules Arata
May 29, 20232 min read
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...
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Jules Arata
Apr 29, 20232 min read
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...
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Jules Arata
Apr 17, 20232 min read
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...
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Jules Arata
Mar 25, 20232 min read
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...
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Jules Arata
Mar 22, 20232 min read
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...
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Jules Arata
Feb 19, 20232 min read
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...
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Jules Arata
Feb 5, 20233 min read
&& 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...
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Jules Arata
Jan 22, 20233 min read
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...
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Jules Arata
Dec 30, 20222 min read
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...
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