The team was up bright and early to get everything set up for the arrival of the campers. About mid morning, the bus arrived, and an excited group of young people jumped out, anxious to see what camp was all about. This is quite a new experience for them, staying at a school campus, staying in a dorm, having three large meals a day, and having a huge amount of space to play in. Very different from life in Kibera. They also have the challenge of learning how to use showers and toilets, since they are not accustomed to these at home. What we take for granted! As soon as we began our time together in the chapel, you could feel their excitement and joy just to be here!
We have such a talented group of local counselors, as well as very talented team members. The Bible lessons and skits have been amazing, and the kids thoroughly enjoyed it all today. The peace and calm of the campus, now on semester break, was definitely broken today with the high volume of praise music and singing! We have small group Bible study every day after chapel and a special sessions for guys and gals in the afternoon to discuss issues pertinent to their lives. The primary focus this week is on sexual purity. With the high percentage of people in Kibera being HIV positive and high death rate from AIDS, this is indeed a very important topic. The leaders prepared excellent material to share today. As we learned at last year's camp, once the campers feel a bit more comfortable, they have many, many questions they want to discuss, and we try to give them a "safe place" to explore these questions and concerns and address them from a Biblical point of view.
We begin and end each day with a chapel time, full of lively worship and praise, some skits and just "fun things." Our prayer is that each one of these teens will realize how much God loves them, what Jesus has provided for them, and how they can come to know Him personally. We are praying for transformed lives! Please pray with us that they will truly experience His personal touch this week.
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