Article January 14, 2013 Issue

God—always #1

Carter

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While at summer camp, I was going on a caving trip in what is called Panther Cave. I had never gone caving before, so I thought that it would be no big deal. I was excited to try something new. 

Before we started caving, we were each given a number. Every so often, we would stop in the cave and yell out our number to make sure everyone was accounted for. I thought it was neat that my counselor’s number was two, because God is always number one! 

The cave walls were really wide when we started, and the walls closed in really fast. I started to get very afraid when we were walking through tight spaces in the cave. I wanted to leave the cave—I just wanted to go back out. But my counselors kept telling me that I could do it, that I didn’t need to go back, and to just keep going. I was still scared, even after they were encouraging me. 

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