I've come to see that this page is often viewed, and so I shall once again update it and hope that some are inspired by the words on the screen. All Glory to God.
This past week we did another kids camp, but it was quite different then the last one. It is organized by one of the guys at YWAM: Darjeeling, he's an older gentleman named Alok, but everyone calls him Uncle. Its the norm here to call your elders Uncle, which was weird when kids started to call me that, sure made me feel old.
Anyway, he has done these camps a few times and basically goes into villages and does 3 days of day camp putting on program but more then anything else, trying to show the Love of God to the next generation. We basically did it all of the programing and background work. Most of the time, Michael was in the kitchen cooking and cleaning, with Ronnie. While Caitlin, Julia, and myself (Jeremy) would be running the kids programing which included games, music, and giving a lesson. Our fearless leaders, that is, Marley and Iris were all over the place supporting us in everything we needed. Iris was constantly with kids and gave the lesson on Sunday, while Marley was the go to girl for anything that needed to be done. The system worked really well and showed just how strong our team has become.
Most days, we were running by the seat of our pants and making up programing. We couldn't plan much because Uncle would constantly change it and want to do something else, but then have a random hour where we needed to do something fun with the kids. This is where creativity had to come in while we taught classic songs such as Pharaoh Pharaoh, Let Your Light, Papaya Song, among many others. It was awesome, but it sure kept us on our toes, not knowing what we would need to pull our from our hat of tricks at any moment.
It was quite the little hike to get down to this little village, and about 50 kids showed up, but the whole community knew that we were there. Our biggest hope is that in everything we say and did, we proclaimed the name of Jesus Christ, as it was a Hindu/Buddhist village for sure.
Today is a day off, which has been relaxing and amazing to be able to sit back and just take in the last few weeks. Keep us in your prayers!
This past week we did another kids camp, but it was quite different then the last one. It is organized by one of the guys at YWAM: Darjeeling, he's an older gentleman named Alok, but everyone calls him Uncle. Its the norm here to call your elders Uncle, which was weird when kids started to call me that, sure made me feel old.
Anyway, he has done these camps a few times and basically goes into villages and does 3 days of day camp putting on program but more then anything else, trying to show the Love of God to the next generation. We basically did it all of the programing and background work. Most of the time, Michael was in the kitchen cooking and cleaning, with Ronnie. While Caitlin, Julia, and myself (Jeremy) would be running the kids programing which included games, music, and giving a lesson. Our fearless leaders, that is, Marley and Iris were all over the place supporting us in everything we needed. Iris was constantly with kids and gave the lesson on Sunday, while Marley was the go to girl for anything that needed to be done. The system worked really well and showed just how strong our team has become.
Most days, we were running by the seat of our pants and making up programing. We couldn't plan much because Uncle would constantly change it and want to do something else, but then have a random hour where we needed to do something fun with the kids. This is where creativity had to come in while we taught classic songs such as Pharaoh Pharaoh, Let Your Light, Papaya Song, among many others. It was awesome, but it sure kept us on our toes, not knowing what we would need to pull our from our hat of tricks at any moment.
It was quite the little hike to get down to this little village, and about 50 kids showed up, but the whole community knew that we were there. Our biggest hope is that in everything we say and did, we proclaimed the name of Jesus Christ, as it was a Hindu/Buddhist village for sure.
Today is a day off, which has been relaxing and amazing to be able to sit back and just take in the last few weeks. Keep us in your prayers!
Iris's birthday!
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