Something I have continually been reminded of this summer is that God continues to work among the chaos. In the hot, sweaty, exhausting moments, when schedules change, problems arise, and a million things are happening at once, God continues to provide.

When we think of the kingdom of heaven, what does it look like? What does it sound like? Who is there? How are people loved, cared for, and supported?

As a Day Camp Ministry Coordinator this summer, I have the privilege to witness firsthand the ways that God lives and moves through the kids of the Grundy County area.

Mountain T.O.P. has always felt like a second home to me (as I’m sure it has to many of you!) Whether it’s the community that is formed in a week, the joy we share together, the way we can have a spiritual reset, get our hands dirty, fill our hearts with love, and play some much needed nine-square, it all comes back to God.

Read about our most recent season ministry. This spring, we hosted 95 volunteers as they tackled various but vital home repair needs!

Stretching up with a roller in hand, standing on the top rung of a ladder delicately balanced on a set of stairs, with my spotter below–this is where my relationship with God began. It was that day at Mountain T.O.P.’s Camp Baker Mountain that I felt God asking me to trust Him. That was 9 years ago…