Camp!

I just got back from my first of three camps. I had such a blast. The very first day I skipped the game time and did tie-dye with the kids at the worship house where I stay when I am at Bethany. I had to make the dye from chemicals and it was kind of scary but it worked and the shirts turned out awesome. We had a camp fire every night where they would do praise and worship and then someone would talk. I woke up late the second day and missed the devotion which I was kind of bummed about but I still got to be a part of a small group. The theme of the camp was "Serving the Lord" and so Thursday night each of the groups presented a song and skit based on the theme and what they had learned. We talked about everything in the camp. Wednesday night was the deliverance night and Wow! I got to pray for a bunch of kids which was good but then after I was done I looked over to the other side of the place where we were praying and there was a group of people gathered around someone I went to see if everything was ok and had an experience that I really haven't had. There was a girl there who was demon possessed and we prayed for her. If you have ever seen the movie The Ring she moved like the girl in that movie and she started foaming at them mouth, she was screaming, kicking. We prayed and prayed but nothing was changing. One of the leaders there named Sahr, he is one of the Youth Pastors at Ggaba Community Church, said that this would happen to her almost every camp that he thought she would need to go through some sort of week long thing where someone walks her through some things. So I haven't seen someone delivered from a demon... Yet. But I was so ready for this girl to be free. I had been sick that whole week but I totally forgot about my stomach and prayed like I have never prayed before. I truely have never experienced anything like that and it was so challenging. Also I learned a bunch of local dancing which if you know what dirty dancing at clubs in America is like, if you are my mom you call it gyrating, that is basically a lot of what there local dancing is. But there is a couple different types of dance one is called Calypso and it uses a lot of shoulders and arms. On the last night I got to do Hip-Hop for all the kids with another staff named Ronald and one of the kids named Jackson. I had so much fun. Right before we did it I was so nervous but then the music turned on and I just went out there and danced and had so much fun. I may get to start meeting with a dance group while I am in Ggaba that meet at the church on Saturdays. If I do I will be so excited because these kids are so good! In one week I will be headed for Kenya to spend Christmas with the Leisters in either Kisumu or in Eldoret. I am doing great and am having a really good time. This next week I will be at another camp with older kids. I miss and love all of you back home in America.



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