What We're Into: Almost Fall Edition

Hi everyone! Welcome to an early fall edition of “What We’re Into,” where some of the year-round crew shares some of their favorite things post-summer. As we’re transitiong back to our “regular” lives after the fun summer, here are some of the things we’re loving right now:

Jimboy Miller

• Book you’re reading: Abraham Lincoln, The Prairie Years and The War Years by Carl Sandberg
• Go to Pandora/Spotify station: John Mayer Radio
• Devotion book or Bible study you’re excited about right now: Everybody Always by Bob Goff
• What puts you in the Fall spirit: The first frost and the leaves!
• Favorite emoji: Smiley Face…boring I know
• Thing you’re missing most about camp: The Salad Bar

Margaret Miller

• Book you’re reading: Just finished The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
• Go to Pandora/Spotify station: Andrew Peterson or Ben Rector
• Devotion book or Bible study you’re excited about right now: I treated myself to a new She Reads Truth Bible after Camp…I am reading it plus the devotions that are a part of it
• What puts you in the Fall spirit: Crisp Days and College football!
• Thing you’re missing most about camp: Jamie! And ALL our wonderful staff!

Katie Grant

• Book you’re reading: Mary B by Katherine Chen
• Go to Pandora/Spotify station: Have a Great Day!
• Devotion book or Bible study you’re excited about right now: Come Away My Beloved by Frances Roberts
• What puts you in the Fall spirit: Fire Pit on our porch when it gets chilly at night
• Favorite emoji: Party Popper
• Thing you’re missing most about camp: Seeing the camp full of smiling faces having fun

Smith Houts

• Book you’re reading: Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
• Go to Pandora/Spotify station: The Beatles!
• Devotion book or Bible study you’re excited about right now: God Is No Fool by Lois A. Cheney
• What puts you in the Fall spirit: When the leaves turn colors and days get cooler
• Favorite emoji: Smiling Face that is winking
• Thing you’re missing most about camp: Great friends and food

Cat Elbaum

• Book you’re reading: The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine
• Go to Pandora/Spotify station: Happy folk
• Devotion book or Bible study you’re excited about right now: The Bible Binge Podcast
• What puts you in the Fall spirit: Not sweating immediately when I walk outside…and all the vests
• Favorite emoji: Heart eyes and confetti
• Thing you’re missing most about camp: Singing and dancing all day long!

Diane Culler

• Book you’re reading: Sum It Up by Pat Summit
• Go to Pandora/Spotify station: Robert Earl Keen
• Devotion book or Bible study you’re excited about right now: Daily Light by Anne Graham Lotz
• What puts you in the Fall spirit: Football and cool breezes
• Favorite emoji: Heart
• Thing you’re missing most about camp: The people!

Sarah Brown

• Book you’re reading: Just finished The Pursuit of Endurance by Jennifer Pharr Davis (a Greystone girl!!)
• Go to Pandora/Spotify station: Today’s Country Radio
• Devotion book or Bible study you’re excited about right now: About to start Restless for my Bible Study
• What puts you in the Fall spirit: Camping and campfires
• Favorite emoji: Monkey covering his face
• Thing you’re missing most about camp: The food (especially that it is cooked by someone else!)

Caroline Giraud

• Book you’re reading: Let My People Go Surfing by Yvon Chouinard
• Go to Pandora/Spotify station: The Allman Brothers Band Radio
• Devotion book or Bible study you’re excited about right now: Keeping it classic with New Morning Mercies
• What puts you in the Fall spirit: ESPN College Gameday - and cooler temps
• Favorite emoji: Thumbs up
• Thing you’re missing most about camp: Post EP dance parties

Nancy Owings

• Book you’re reading: Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich
• Go to Pandora/Spotify station: Usually on Pandora it’s on shuffle so everything
• What puts you in the Fall spirit: Colorful leaves and cooler weather but not cold
• Favorite emoji: Upside down smiley or thinking smiley
• Thing you’re missing most about camp: Gervais’s food and children’s laughter

Jamie Hutchinson

• Book you’re reading: Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
• Go to Pandora/Spotify station: Morning Assembly songs on iTunes
• Devotion book or Bible study you’re excited about right now: Love Does by Bob Goff
• What puts you in the Fall spirit: Long-sleeve (Greystone!!) t-shirts and chai tea
• Favorite emoji: Heart
• Thing you’re missing most about camp: The campers

Jessi Correa

• Book you’re reading: Wrinkle in Time (better late than never!)
• Go to Pandora/Spotify station: Spotify Sleep mix (relaxing background music for work!)
• Devotion book or Bible study you’re excited about right now: Walking with God Through Pain and Suffering by Timothy Keller
• What puts you in the Fall spirit: The first crisp air that sneaks in before the summer is quite over
• Favorite emoji: Winking smiley face
• Thing you’re missing most about camp: Lunch break!

Alli Kilby

• Book you’re reading: Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
• Go to Pandora/Spotify station: Brick House Radio
• Devotion book or Bible study you’re excited about right now: Savor by Shauna Niequist
• What puts you in the Fall spirit: Cool mornings when I can wear a sweater into camp and the dogs get extra playful!
• Favorite emoji: I tend to go with the :) instead of an emoji
• Thing you’re missing most about camp: Moose and Murphy being loved on by the campers. And the food.

Lell Harboe

• Book you’re reading: Elephant Whisper by Lawrence Anthony
• Go to Pandora/Spotify station: Bill Evans
• Devotion book or Bible study you’re excited about right now: Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith by Charles Spurgeon
• What puts you in the Fall spirit: Walking out the door on a crisp morning and getting that wonderful feeling that fall is coming
• Favorite emoji: Happy face clapping
• Thing you’re missing most about camp: Early morning smiles and waves

Ellen-Anne Skelton

• Book you’re reading: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
• Go to Pandora/Spotify station: Amos Lee
• Devotion book or Bible study you’re excited about right now: You and Me Forever by Francis Chan
• What puts you in the Fall spirit: Cool mornings and a good podcast to listen to on the way to work
• Favorite emoji: Face palm
• Thing you’re missing most about camp: Having camp feel alive! It’s reallllly quiet here! Also missing Solveig’s Granola :)

Laura Hollowell

• Book you’re reading: All my RUF notes from past years to prepare for our upcoming offseason weekends
• Go to Pandora/Spotify station: Gospel or Oldies
• Devotion book or Bible study you’re excited about right now: Priscilla Shirer’s study of Jonah
• What puts you in the Fall spirit: Cooler weather and beautiful leaves
• Favorite emoji: The smiley blowing a kiss
• Thing you’re missing most about camp: Gervais’ food!

Elizabeth Vandenbark

• Book you’re reading: The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
• Go to Pandora/Spotify station: Songs to sing in the Shower
• Devotion book or Bible study you’re excited about right now: New Morning Mercies by Paul David Tripp
• What puts you in the Fall spirit: Hot Apple Cider!
• Favorite emoji: Face palm
• Thing you’re missing most about camp: Meals in the Dining Hall!