Laura Stiles- Flow

The concept of flow was really easy to apply to my own life. I had the amazing opportunity to go on a mission trip to Latvia and run a summer camp for less fortunate teens and kids. It was a great experience that challenged my faith and let me experience flow. My team of about 30 americans with the help of about 50 latvian leaders lead camp for 200 teens and 200 kids and quite frankly it was exhausting. Every patience we had was tested but at the same time it was insanely rewarding. While we were in Latvia, it was hard to communicate with family and friends back home, so while i knew they were praying for, and supporting me I had to depend on my team members for immeadiate support. The entire two weeks all that mattered were the campers. They came before anything else, and all my fellow staff members became my family. I believe this is the true meaning of flow because for those two weeks camp was my entire life and all energy i had went towards it. As a result, my senses were heightened and to this day my memories of the experience are vivid.