Church Camp Chaos by Annie Tipton

Author:Annie Tipton [Tipton, Annie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-62836-980-9
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2014-06-11T16:00:00+00:00

“Hey, kiddo.” Dad peeked his head through EJ’s bedroom door later that night. “May I come in?”

EJ nodded, put a bookmark in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and set it next to her on the bed.

“Holy moley, your room is a disaster area, EJ.” A pair of jeans and a copy of Anne of Avonlea got caught under the door as he tried to open it. “You really need to clean up in here.”

“How was your meeting?” EJ asked, hoping Dad would give a clue about where he and Mom had been.

“You and I both know I’m not here to chat,” Dad said as he shoved a wad of clothes aside and sat on the foot of her bed. “Mrs. Winkle told me what happened. But what I want to know is, why?”

EJ thought for a moment. Should she ask about the mysterious crying and secret code words and unexpected meetings? The fact was that if they were going to move, she kind of didn’t want to know. At least not yet. So she decided on another approach.

“Macy might move to Milwaukee,” EJ said, watching Dad’s reaction.

“Macy might move to Milwaukee,” EJ said, watching Dad’s reaction.

“I see,” he said, nodding.

“What am I going to do if I lose my best friend, Dad?” EJ felt tears stinging her eyes. He put an arm around her shoulder and pulled her next to him.

“You know, EJ, because I’m a pastor, people expect that my answer to every question or problem is to just ‘pray about it’ or ‘read the Bible’ or ‘go to church more,’ ” Dad said. “While those are all good, doing those things isn’t what it means to live by faith. If you really, truly trust God—even in the hard times like when your best friend moves to Milwaukee—that means living without worry, knowing He has your back.”

“God cares that Macy is moving away?” EJ asked. She had never thought about that before.

“He cares that you’re concerned about it and it’s making you yell at your friends and family and dump popcorn on your brother’s head,” Dad said. “But He’s got the future under control. He wants you to trust Him about it.”

“Easier said than done,” EJ said.

“You’re absolutely right.” Dad chuckled. “It takes guts to have faith and fully trust God. I hope you’re up for the challenge, EJ.”

I hope I have enough guts, EJ thought.

“Mom said if you apologize to your brother and help clean up the popcorn, we can get a couple of rounds of Uno in before bed,” Dad said. “You game?”

“Yeah, just keep the soda and popcorn away from me,” EJ said, grinning. Dad smiled and walked to the door, carefully tiptoeing around piles of clothes and junk on her floor.

“Hey, Dad?”

“Yes, daughter?”

“No matter what I’ve said in the past, I really like living in Spooner.” She tried to sound as convincing as she could. “A lot.”

“Ooooookaaaaaay.” Dad looked at her as if she’d gone loony. “That’s good to know.”

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