Julie Fields

UGA 2019. Journalism Major. Lover of God and People

Heart of a Servant

Hi Swamp Blog Readers! Welcome back to the blog. I hope you are having a wonderful day. Registration for camp is in full swing, and you can sign up at this link [https://www.campswamp.com/youthcamp/]. You can also visit that link to sign up for volunteer, as well

Transformed

Hi Swamp Bloggers! I hope you're having an awesome start to your week. Registration for summer camp is OFFICIALLY OPEN!! You can now sign up for summer camp. And, for those who are interested in serving, you can apply to be a counselor, teen worker, kitchen worker, or

Win Free Registration to Summer Camp!

Hi Swamp Bloggers! Welcome back to the blog. I hope you've had a marvelous week. It is almost time for summer camp registration to open up, and to help excite you for that Camp Swamp is giving away a week's worth of summer camp to the

Be Yourself

Hi Swamp Blog Readers! Welcome to the Swamp blog. I hope you've had a wonderful week since the last blog post. Don't forget that registration for summer camp will be opening very soon, so be thinking about what weeks you plan on coming to camp this

Daily Encouragement

Hi Swamp Blog Readers! I hope you are having a super day. Believe it or not there is less than a month left until you can start signing up for summer camp! I will post about registration again closer to when it opens. In the meantime, campers can start thinking

Ringing in the New Year at the Swamp

Happy New Year Swamp Blog Readers!!! I hope your new year has started out wonderfully. Many of our campers got to start their new year at H@TS. It was a really fun time that involved a dance party, bubble soccer, fireworks, a new years banquet, snowman making (see below)

A Year in Review

Hi Swamp Bloggers, Happy New Years Eve! Can you believe 2018 is almost over? It's been an incredible year for Camp Swamp. There have been exciting trips, new opportunities, new staff members hired, and more. What's exciting is that there is much more to come in

Christmas: The Darkness Turns to Light

Hi Swamp Bloggers, Merry Christmas! I hope you are having a wonderful Christmas Eve and relaxing with your family during this time. During the Christmas season, it can be easy to lose sight of the meaning of Christmas. Despite our best intentions, Christmas can become more about cooking, cleaning, and

Gift Ideas for a Swamp Lover Pt. 2

Hello Swamp Bloggers! Welcome back to the blog. If you've been reading for a while, you might remember a blog I did from last year entitled "Gift Ideas for a Swamp Lover." Well, it's holiday shopping crunch time again, which means it's

Helping Kids Engage in Christmas

Hi Swamp Blog Readers! I hope you're having a fantastic Monday! Christmas is just around the corner now, and that means kids are about to be out of school and home for the holidays. While this is a very exciting time for kids, it is understandable that parents

4 Ways to Renew Yourself Spiritually Over the Holidays

Hello Swamp Bloggers! Welcome back. I hope you are having a wonderful week. We are really getting into the holiday season now with Thanksgiving behind us and Christmas upon us. For myself, this time of year can feel like a well-deserved time of relaxation. Yet, continuously not having a solid

A Simple Way to Give to the Swamp

Hi Swamp Blog Readers! Welcome back to the blog. I hope you had a great Thanksgiving with family and friends. I know this Thanksgiving holiday was a much needed one for me. From Very Little Comes Much Now, that we're into the season of giving, I want to

Thankful in Every Season

Hello Swamp Bloggers! Welcome back to the blog. Happy early Thanksgiving! I hope this blog finds you as you are getting ready for family and friends and plates full of good food. Yum. :) This week is a holiday that can sometimes get overlooked as people prepare for the Christmas holiday.

Moments Spent Together

Hi Swamp Bloggers! Welcome back to the blog. I hope you're having a wonderful day. This week I was talking to one of my roommates about her favorite camp memory. She told me her favorite memory is having spontaneous singing devotionals on the  front porch during rainstorms. She

2018 Middle School Retreat

Hi Swamp bloggers, Welcome back! I hope you're having a great day today. About two weeks ago was the annual Middle School Retreat held at Camp Swamp. This retreat actually didn't have an official theme, rather it focused on listening to the Spirit to hear what

The Ring of Honor

Hi Swamp Blog Readers, I hope you're having a great Monday! Quick announcement about the Father Son Retreat: This weekend will be the Father Son Retreat, which coincides with the Superheroes4Orphans Walk 2018. The good news is you don't have to choose one over the other,

Why Good Friends Are So Important

Hi Swamp Bloggers! Welcome back to the blog. There are some very exciting things happening with Camp Swamp! If you didn't get to see last week's blog, Swamp Corps is adding Honduras as a location for 2019. Make sure to take a look and see all

Swamp Announces SURPRISE Swamp Corps 2019 Location

Hi Swamp Blog Readers! I hope you're having a great day. This week I thought it would be important to highlight all the Swamp Corps trips coming up in 2019! And, make sure to read through, because there is a surprise announcement in this blog. ;) I think one

Teen Retreat: Eternity War

Hi Swamp Bloggers! Welcome to the Swamp blog! First, I wanted to say thank you to those who completed the survey from last week. If you haven't filled it out, please fill it out HERE [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd1r2ZpvfSFBGsJU7-bwBUU0oouN1dpf7usdZcPebhwG0kdPw/viewform] . :) This past weekend was

Making Faith Real

Hi Swamp Blog Readers! I hope you're having a superb start to your week. While you're here...Swamp needs your help! Please read the next to last paragraph to see how you can help out. Have you ever had a time in your life when your

The Wise Builders

"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the wind blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had

The Magic is in the String

Hello Swamp Bloggers! Welcome back to the blog. I hope you're having a wonderful week! This week I was looking for writing inspiration for a blog post, and I glanced down and noticed the friendship bracelets on my arm. It made me wonder how many friendship bracelets have

Revisiting the Theme of Image

Hello Swamp Bloggers! Welcome back to the blog! I hope you are enjoying your day today. :) The past few weeks I have been posting about Swamp Corps trips and upcoming events for this Fall. It has been amazing to hear about all of the ways Camp Swamp is impacting people

Stories from Swamp Corps Kenya

Hello Swamp Blog Readers! I hope you're having a great day. Last week the blog featured all of the retreats coming up this fall. I encourage you to take a look at them if you haven't. Retreats will begin next month with the Mother Daughter Retreat

Upcoming Fall Retreats

Hey Swamp blog readers! Welcome back! I hope you enjoyed last week's blog about the St. Vincent Swamp Corps trip. There will definitely be more Swamp Corps stories on here in the next couple of weeks. But before then, I wanted to share some details about our upcoming