Day 31

Oh my! We had another fantastic day at camp today. The day started with music and church. During the music the teens dance to the rhythm. During service, they listened to an inspiring message about accomplishing good things for God if they allow God to use them. Bobby challenged them to start thinking about their future and what goals they would like to attain.

After service we had a short free time before lunch. When lunch ended we had teen and counselor time. The counselors and I acted out a skit for the girls to start a discussion on the dangers of taking things from strangers. The girls loved the skit. They reenacted it themselves and I hope the message stuck in their minds so that they do not trust a stranger that may bring harm into their lives. I hope this message was a good reminder for the girls. (To my dismay, there are problems here that I was unaware of. I just found out yesterday that many girls get pregnant at very young ages here. Some of them are as young as 11 years old. This is a huge problem).

One of the last games we played at the end of the day was a relay obstacle course. There were 2 teams with 20 players. They each had to jump rope a total of 10 times, and then they went to the next station to pick up a potato with a spoon and carried it on the spoon for about 100 feet. The next obstacle was climbing up the netted rope to reach the platform of the play set and then off to the monkey bars. Once they ran to their next station, they had to stick their head into a bucket of flower to find a piece of candy with their mouths and then they had to blow up two balloons until they popped. Each person collected a treat as they completed each obstacle. Whatever team ended up with the most pieces of candy won the game.

They loved the game! It was so funny looking at their faces covered in flower and trying to blow up balloons. I know that this entire camp meant the world to them. Everywhere I looked there were teens smiling, laughing and creating friendships.

Fox River Church ~ I hope you know...

Do you know how much your support means to the kids in Kenya? Your outreach is reaching not only helping the children, but also the teens. This week we are having youth camp at Bomani New Life Center. The teens are having so much fun! They sit in on church services, spend time with counselors, play LOTS of fun games, eat tasty food and build special relationships. As I was talking with Pastor Allen today, he started explaining how much this camp means to the teens. What struck me the most was that he said, “This is a life time opportunity for the teens.” A LIFE TIME OPPORTUNITY! Wow, that is a powerful statement.

Please know that your support goes a long way. There are so many amazing things happening here. Lives are changing for the better. There are 71 teens at this camp. That means 71 lives are touched. 71 people will be dreaming of the experience they had at camp all year long and looking forward to the next one. I wish you could see firsthand the joy these wonderful young adults are experiencing.

ASANTE SANA ~ Thank you so much

Dy 27

I made it through the traffic, driving on the opposite side today! Yay! Boy, I’ll have to get used to that. Driving on the right hand side of the vehicle and in the left lane instead of the right is weird. The roads are full of random cars and people popping out from everywhere... Ha, ha. It was fun. I found my way to the orphanage after detailed instructions from Bobby and Lisa.

Jim and Susie are on their way back to the states. They left this morning around 6:30. Jim stopped at the doctors in Nairobi and was assured that he should make it in time to the states for his surgery. We hope that is accurate. Keep praying!

A letter I will treasure forever....