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Trout Lake Camp

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So a couple of weeks ago, i went up to Trout Lake camp with my youth group for a retreat and Saturday morning something happened. I was sleeping on the top bunk and right below was a bench. Well my mattress was higher than most and so the railing beside didn't do much, so i rolled over and fell off the bed. I cut the top of my left eye on the edge of the bench. Well it hurt and i cried a little bit but then i went back to bed thinking i just had a headache. When i put my head on my pillow and my hand touched my forehead, i felt something coming out of it. So i woke up our leader in our room Ria thurston and she helped me to bathroom. That's when i looked in the mirror and saw my eye was cut open. Ria went to find my youth pastor and his wife and all of three of them got in thier van and drove to the ER in Brainierd which was 45 min away. My youth pastor wanted to get me there as soon as possible and ended up speeding and got pulled over by the police. He thankfully looked in

CLS Essay

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So I'm applying for a scholarship at Crown, and its called Christian Leader Scholarship. Its all about how you are a leader in your church and at school and and how you can grow as a leader at Crown. So you fill out an application and have someone like a youth pastor or Christan worker at your church write a recommendation for you. Then they decide and if they think you can make a great leader at crown they invite to a special day where you automatically receive 1000 dollars and then you show up that day to try to increase your scholarship. The maximum award is full tuition paid. So i went on thursday and i had to write an essay and be interviewed. Man, it was intense and exhausting. I was so nervous becasue i communicate better than i can write but when time was up i had my essay finished and it was amazing how God spoke through me. So here it is Paul has the same view on true leadership as I do. In 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 Paul says in order to be true Christian leaders, we need to