Staff Training

This week we had staff training for all the counselors that will be helping out at camp. Over 30 people traveled to the TGBI compound (where Brook lives) and we spent several days teaching them all the activities, games, and lessons that we’ll have at camp. What a great time of fellowship. If this week was a little taste of what camp will be like, I’m so excited for what the next three weeks will hold. for the sake of time,I’m not going to say much about staff training, but I hope the pictures help show all that we did! 

Game time at Staff Training

Henry did an great job translating some really difficult content for my immune system class.

Staff picture

The translators and us looking "swagga fresh" as they like to say...
 new words for them!

Camp is finally upon us, and it’s quite hard to believe. I’m in the middle of all the crazy preparations and it still doesn’t feel like we are really going to head out tomorrow. I covet your prayers, darling reader. These next few weeks will be a stretch for us, but I’m confident that the Lord is going to do some amazing things! Here’s an overview camp:
-We will be living in the village. That means sleeping on mats on the floor, bucket baths, sketchy outhouses, and Ugali for food. It sounds a bit daunting when I write it all out, but I’m really looking forward to immersing myself in village life for a few weeks!
-The theme of camp this year is Tunda la Roho, the Fruit of the Spirit. There will be chapel times throughout the day and evenings where various people will be preaching on Galatians 5:22-23, and the students will be looking at different bible stories in their personal devotions to look at how each story applies to the fruit of the spirit.
-Purity is a major focus on the rest of camp. It’s a God thing in how that worked out, because we didn’t originally try to make it all coordinate. The counselors are going through “True Love Waits” sexual purity curriculum with their campers, Ryan (another addition to our team) will be teaching how to make Water filters from drinkable water out of supplies readily available here, Shaina is teaching a class on water borne illnesses, I’m teaching a class on an overview of the immune system and how it works, and Nathan is sharing the gospel in his class.
We all have one more activity to teach throughout the week that’s more hands on. I am doing a painting craft to help them share the gospel with their friends. The female campers will learn how to make friendship bracelets and how to cook Chapatis (kind of like thick tortillas). The guys will learn how electricity works and how to apply it to their homes using basic supplies, and do soccer drills.

counselor's learning my craft!

The rest of the days are full of group games, skits, and lots of music and dancing, of course. Our days will be jam packed with events so if you could pray for strength and energy, as well as continued good health, we would so dearly appreciate it. Also please pray that the Lord would soften the hearts of the campers so that they would be receptive to the gospel message. I can’t wait to share with you, darling reader, the many stories and experiences we’ll have in the next few weeks!

Also, be sure to check out Shaina's blog. She shared some great stories from staff training!

blessings,

Em