Third and Fourth day of Marapong camp The past 2 days of camp have been a blast! The kids have really started to grow on us and have been opening up about themselves, but these days haven’t been without their challenges. On Wednesday, the power went out in the main lodge, which required some quick...
Every single day here at camp the gospel message is shared. We have time set aside to share the gospel with the kids, and give them the opportunity to ask questions and be sure that they understand it. Today during the gospel sharing time, Samuel (one of the South African team leaders) demonstrated how Jesus...
Today was our first day of camp. We served 130 children between the ages of 6-13 from Marapong. 40 youth leaders plus additional adult leaders joined us in sharing with the kids about Creation and that the God that created everything wants a relationship with each one of them! In our first meeting with the...
Final Day of camp (!!!): Every night we’re in South Africa, the team does a devotional. This time keeps our hearts and minds on the One who calls us here and who has sustained us, Jesus. Tonight’s devotional, centered around encouragement, was done by Liney. She talked about how the power of words can be...
Camp Day Four – The Differences Between Cultures One of the most fascinating things this week has been observing the South African children. The children we had this week are from a village named Shongoane (SHIN-gua-nee). As the children come off the bus, one very noticeable aspect in the children is that, even though they’re on...
This week at camp we are blessed to have 38 leaders selflessly serving the children of the local village of Shongoane. They are on their holiday break and spend the entire day tirelessly loving, engaging, teaching and playing with the 120 children attending our camp this week. If you ask these young leaders why they...
Interview with Brenda – NIKI: How was day 3 of camp? BRENDA: Day 3 was great! My favorite part was when we got into the Bible and the Bible puzzle, which incorporated two verses from the New and Old Testament. I was really amazed by how much they were engaged in the activity and reading...
Camp Day 1: Hello it’s Niki! Today was the first day of camp! We are blessed to have the kids from Shongoane joining us this week. And let me tell you – we had an amazing first day! Every single kid that was in my group had a smile on their face the whole day....
Travel Day: The flight went very well, with the flight time being 14 ½ hours. We met Francois at the airport, who then drove us to the FASA Island, with a stop at Una Pizza. The team, Beth, Niki, Brenda, and Christian, was led on a tour of the island and met all of the...
