Tired In Africa . . .

Friends and Family,

I'm sorry it has been so long since my last update. We have been BUSY around here, with camp, with hosting our team and getting ready for school, among many other things. I have plenty stories to tell, but I will try to keep it short, and tell most of them through pictures . . .

Boys Camp went very well. Given the fact that we had 71 boys in a small space for a whole week, we had very few problems. The Moody Team did a great job teaching our boys! The boys ate up the attention and the Bible Teaching! We had a wonderful worship team and it was great fun getting to sing and dance along side the boys!

One camp highlight was our Talent Show on Friday night. We had a church band come and play, we had a BBQ and our boys had an opportunity to show off their talents . . . ranging from singing, guitar playing, dribbling a football to putting on dramas describing the Bible lessons! It was great fun to laugh and just be with the boys!

I also had my first experience of a Nigerian swimming pool during camp. We took the boys to a local swimming pool for a camp activity in the afternoons . . . swimming pools in Nigeria are very different from swimming pools in America . . . the water in the pool was GREEN because it hadn't been cleaned in so long! So after saying a quick prayer for my health, I jumped on in realizing that when God calls you to be a missionary, part of your job might be swimming in a green pool in the rain . . . the boys enjoyed it and it was cold, but fun. I was SO thankful for my warm shower at the end of the day! Praise the Lord for that!

God taught me a great deal about serventhood during the week at camp. Since our job consisted mainly of facilitating and organizing camp and the team, we didn't get to do the fun stuff like Bible Studies with the boys. I did have the opportunity to spend a great deal of time peeling potatoes and washing dishes in the kitchen with our wonderful kitchen women. Although it was challenging, being more of an organizer than a participant, it was a humbling experience, and good look at what it means to truly have a servant heart.

We could use prayer for energy and strength for the next few weeks, which are going to be very busy. We have several children moving centers, we are reconciling a few boys, school will be starting, we have a few changes in leadership, we are planning a trip to our outside centers and a camp of our girls all before the end of September . . . crazy, but all good! Thank you all for your support and encouragement!