What would YOU do?

Sarah Grosz

QUESTION: How do you deal with feeling homesick?

All I could think of was my mom back home

I want to tell you about when I first went to overnight camp in Michigan. I was eight years old. I was all set to go for three weeks. But I had never been away from my mom for more than a week (when I went to visit my dad). A few days before I was ready to go, I was VERY nervous.

The day arrived for me to leave for Michigan. I was flying up with my Sunday School teacher, who was spending the summer there. Once we got to the camp, I was half-nervous and half-excited. I was the last one in my cabin to arrive. The counselor and the other three girls in my cabin all came out and greeted me with so much love! I felt at home right away.

But the first night, when I was lying on my bottom bunk bed trying to go to sleep, all I could think of was my mom back home. Then I thought about how God was with me just as much there at camp as He was at home in Florida. I knew that He loved me and cared for me very much. Those thoughts really did help me fall asleep. The next day I had only a little bit of homesickness. But camp was so much fun, and everyone was so loving and caring, that in a couple of days I felt very happy and at home with my new friends.

At the end of the three weeks, I loved camp so much that I asked my mom if I could stay for four more weeks. She said yes, and I ended up having the best summer of my life! I am so grateful that I learned that God is with me, no matter where I am.

Sarah Grosz, 11
Palm City, Florida

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