On My Way

I'm sitting at Pittsburgh International Airport ready and waiting to board my plane to Newark. Then from Newark to Rome. Then from Rome to Florence. Wow. Long day. If you see this, please send up a prayer for me.

I just wanted to let you all know that I started an alternate email address for people that wanted to email me and back and forth totally can. I didn't want to clog my Grove City account too badly while I was away. So, here ya go. Email me at will.

KM_in_Italy@yahoo.com

Hope to hear from you soon!

Graham Crappers

My family is possibly the coolest thing EVER in my life (right after Jesus, of course). I get home and there are the fixins to make a gourmet Greek meal complete with feta wraps, greek olives, and fried egplant. I haven't been that happy in a long time and not just because of the amazing food. Daddy at the grill, Beth at the cutting board, Marcia at the stove and Abbey and I trying desperately to wrap the feta filling with dried out fillo dough. I forgot while I was at camp how much I loved to cook with my family. They bring more joy into my life than anything ever could. Right after dinner we had a photo session because all of us will probably not be all together again for quite some time. It was certainly a feat to get a real picture taken.

Case in point.
My uncle Teddy, the one taking the picture, had a hard time getting a good one because every time he counted down from 3 we had something planned to do; either turn around, do jazz hands (as seen above) or, our favorite, attack Vitaly. All in all, it was a great time. I am so glad my dad decided to take family pictures after I had been "no make-up"ed and in a car for 7 hours... yummy.

My boy scout brothers and father have had a fire going perpetually from Saturday night until... well... I think it is still lit, actually. Beth and I asked everyone if they wanted us to get stuff for s'mores last night and Vitaly mentioned breifly how we needed to buy some more "graham crappers". Realizing what he had said, he started cracking up and fell on the floor as did everyone else in the room. S'mores in the Meyer house will now only be complete if we have the graham crappers. What do you expect when the word "crapper" is said around a 12 year old boy?

Leaving and Going Again.

I leave Camp-of-the-Woods tomorrow morning at 6am. I'm not really sure how to feel about it. As I said in my last post, it's strange for me. I'm leaving a place to get ready to go to a place that I have never been to before. All I want to do is go home as quickly as possible to see my family who is waiting with open arms and Greek food on the table. God will take care of the rest of the week; the packing, the seeing people, the shopping, the getting the hair cut. God is SO good in not allowing me to worry about these things.

I'm ready to go. I'm ready to be alone with God and trust Him completley with my entire circumstance. I pray that He uses me wherever He takes me and that I can be a instrument of His peace and love. I thank the Lord for the wonderful experience here and the amazing people I have had the opportunity to meet. You are all wonderful and have been so blessed.

I will be home from August 20th until I fly out on the 26th. Let me know if you want to hang out! I would love to see as many people as I can before I leave. I love you all.

The Social Hall

I came to the social hall this afternoon to complete my "Pre-departure Orientation" for my study abroad experience. It talked about how I need to make sure not to talk about how much money I have and how cheap everything is in Italy-- in essence, don't be an "ugly American". I think I can handle that. So, don't scream about how "behind the times" Italy is and how much better everything is in the States and stereotype everyone who walks by. Got it. Good thing my wonderful brothers in Christ were with me to laugh about all of this. I am going to miss them.

I am at a very strange part in my life. I think about this place and how wonderful it has been and the amazing people that I have met and I become super sentimental and thankful. Then I think about how much I am going to miss them all and I get really sad worried that I am never going to talk to them again. I then think about all of my friends at home that I haven't talked to in so long and how it is going to be a very very long time until I talk to them again like I want to-- when I am around them and with them. Then I think about the 5 days I have at home before I leave for Florence and how many people I want to see in that time and how I am never going to see everyone I want to. The expectation of my time at home is way up high and I think I need to just give it to God. I need to set it apart and let all of my plans fall into His hands. It's the only way I am going to be happy and not be sad and guilty for not seeing everyone I want to. And then there is Italy. What to expect, what my classes will be like, who my roommates will be... everything.

If you think about it, send up a prayer for me. You are all in my prayers daily and I thank you for your phone calls and cards. I am so blessed by each one of you. Love you.

I love my family.

Hello everyone. I hope you all are doing wonderfully and are enjoying summer. It's been extremely busy around here and extremely warm as well. Now that I have cut off all of my hair, it's much easier for it to become COMPLETLEY drenched with sweat when I am working up at the "Hill" where I serve 9 meals a week. Did I mention there is no air conditioning in the building? Hey- I'm not complaining... I've lost 10 lbs since I've been here merely from sweating so much. Awesome.

So, my whole family is together in Greenville at this very moment without me. That's right. Without me. I guess Chip and Marcia aren't there either... so I guess I don't feel that bad. But still... they are all having fun without me and I don't like it, I tell you... not one bit.

I'm not really sure if anyone actually reads this, but if you do, could you put me in your prayers? Some classes fell through over in Italy for next semester and I am trying to work everything out for it as best as I can. I'm not really sure what's going to happen, what I'm going to take, or really much of anything at this point, but if you could all lift it up to the Big Guy, I would certainly appreciate it. I'm becoming more and more scared to go and as much as I know it is God's will for me to do so, I am trying very hard to trust that He is going to work it all out. And I know He will. Thanks.

I miss everyone so much.

Rainy Saturday

God woke me up this morning around 6:00am (I didn't have to be anywhere until about 8:30am). I am really glad He did too. I had laundry waiting to be folded in the laundry room and coffee waiting to be made in the kitchen and clothes to be ironed in my room-- so much to do and ample time to do it. I was able to make one of my coffee-addict roommates coffee this morning and the entire process just reminded me of how much I love mornings. It was raining too-- how perfect is that? It's so calm, so serene and just gentle.
You all know me well enough to know how incredibly opinionated I am. I guess for a long time I struggled with being that way. The opinions I have I didn't want. They made people look at me differently. The convictions I had I didn't want because I was going to somehow offend someone. And Thessalonians talks about minding your own business and making it an ambition to lead a quiet life so I was mad that I wasn't that way. But mornings remind me that I love my life. The remind me of the quiet life I have in Christ and the peace that He surrounds me with everyday. They remind me of His love and grace and His gentleness. And I got all of that from folding two loads of laundry and making coffee... man... God IS awesome.

It's HOT up here.

So, I had a wonderful day at the beach with a bunch friends yesterday. It was super hot and I loved every moment of it. It made me miss the Outer Banks SO much. But God is good- I thank Him for air-conditioned Wenger practice rooms and ice cream after concerts.

Here are the boy singers: Kit, Jamie, Peter, and Joshua after the Saturday night concert eating ice cream and getting quite cozy on the couch. Aren't they just so cute :-).



I got a few letters today from a few of you lovely people-- thank you so much for thinking of me. It was wonderful to hear how you are doing. I especially apprecite the frog-shaped water gun, my dear Ruth. That made my day! You all continue to be in my prayers as I miss you all so much. God Bless.

Oh, Ho-Down!

Well, it has been one heck of a week up here at Camp-of-the-Woods. Today the Dr. and Mrs. Browne are coming to grace camp with their amazing presence and I cannot wait to see them. I only get them for a week and then I won't see them until I get back from Italy, so I'm pretty excited.


This week was the annual staff "Ho-Down" where everyone dresses up in ridiculous outfits and square-dances the night away. A very nice gentlemen, by the name of Ben, asked me to attend this function with him and I accepted. Needless-to-say, we all had a wonderful time. It was definitley a workout, but so much fun.

Just like every weekend up here, we have a concert. Tonight, is the dreaded "Disney Dazzle" comprised of 15 different songs from the lovely Disney movies of our childhood. And guess who gets to the "Belle" solo? That is right-- yours truly. I know you're jealous girls...

Yes, I am alive...

Hey everyone. I hope all is well in your lives and God is blessing you abundantly. I have been praying for everyone so much and I think about everyone almost constantly. I would love to hear from you and see how your summers are all going! Drop me a line if you've got the chance!

So, I got a blog because I figured everyone was doing it. And because I kind of feel like I dropped off of the face of the planet and no one knows what I am doing or what I am up to. So, yay for the internet and yay for blogs and me finally succumbing to it all.

I am up here in Speculator, NY, at a Christian resort and conference center called Camp-of-the-Woods. It is right on Lake Pleasant in the Adirondack State Park. We have about 1200 guests each week and really great speakers (Josh McDowell and, his son, Sean McDowell just left-- incredible!). I work about 65 hours a week rehearsing, waiting tables and performing. I am apart of the 32 person music staff in which I am a member of the octet of singers. We sing everything from contemporary Christian stuff to Broadway to classical. It's been pretty great working with singers that are way better than me-- gives me lots of motivation. We perform every night except for Tuesday (our day off-- we call it Christmas) so we definitely keep busy. There is almost no cell service here (the reason most of you have not heard from me) but the lake is gorgeous and the weather has been wonderful. The people up here are also quite wonderful and I have really been enjoying getting to know the guests as well. We serve at the same section at the dining hall all week so we really get to know them and then they get to see us perform as well!

The best thing about this place though, is that I get to spend so much time with God. I'm learning a lot about why I believe what I believe and also about the love of Christ. How He loves me and why. I know that all seems a little fundamental, but the more and more I know about it, the more complex I know it is. We will never fully understand why God loves us or how, but we do know that we are His children. I never really got that before. His children. Nothing can ever separate us from that love. Nothing we ever do or say can ever make Him turn away from us. How much more that makes me want to follow Him. Wow.
Read the first few verses of 1 John 3.

I hope to hear from you all soon. I will continue to post, maybe even show some pictures of this place up here. I love you and miss you all so much.

I also have a mailing address here if you ever want to send me cool stuff! :-)
Staff, CAMP OF THE WOODS
PO Box 250 (Rt. 30 for packages)
Speculator, NY 12164