Luca
he/him
SDSU Student
Spending my weekend at Camp Stevens with Agape has been a needed break from the heavy load of stress which I’ve been carrying. I am a freshman in college and have spent the past couple months making very big adjustments in my life (for example, moving from a quiet suburban area into a busy dorm building). In addition to these big personal changes, everything happening in the world has created a ball of stress inside me.
I desperately needed to get away from it all, and thanks to the wonderful people I have met with Agape I was able to do just that. Spending my weekend in nature surrounded by trees, plants, creatures, in the cold air, and kind people has been a needed reset. At Camp Stevens, I was able to try things I would not have done before. On Saturday morning our group went to the ropes course at Camp Stevens. I am very afraid of heights so I did not think I was even going to go anywhere near climbing this past weekend or anytime soon. But because of the support I felt from the people around me I managed to go up a little. I didn't climb far but I did climb which is further than I would have gone without the support of the people around me from Agape and from Camp Stevens. When I got down, I was encouraged and people told me they were proud of me for doing what I could while recognizing that I needed to stop climbing before I would hurt myself in a panic. This meant a lot to me.
This weekend I got to spend time with extremely kind people in a place where I could get away from the loudness of living in city dorms. I was able to find peace in the quiet and enjoy sounds of nature with the help of the people that I was able to meet and connect with during my weekend. I am currently back in the city, listening to yet another siren wail by, but I do not feel the same sense of urgency that I was drowning in before leaving last Friday. The fact that I was able to connect with the wonderful people through Agape, as well as find a sense of peace and belonging that has stayed with me even after I left the peace of Camp Stevens means the world to me.
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