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This weekend camp was held for kids ages 6-14 at my house which is the team house. From Friday Afternoon to Sunday After church. The kids showed up excited for a weekend away from home and time with their friends in a safe and carefree environment. Tents were set up for meetings and for the male leaders to sleep in. 60 kids plus female leaders packed into the 6 bedrooms of the house.  Friday they had a Bible lesson and singing in the tent and then had an outdoor projected movie. In Swaziland there are no movie theatres so this was a very cool thing.
 

Saturday came and the sun was shining, the kids were up bright and early, about 6am ready to start their day. The played soccer (called football here), basketball (called Net ball here), a jumping castle,more Bible teaching and worship time.  At night we had a big barbeque (a Braai) for dinnertime. In between activities one of the favorite things to do is sing and Swazi’s sing beautifully. It’s like they are born with harmony in them. They love singing praises to God, when given a choice of what to sing the first thing out of their mouth is a worship chorus of some sort, it’s so beautiful to watch and hear. Most songs they switch between English and siSwati so I know what they are singing, some songs are just English and others just siSwati.

Sunday one of the discipleship team guys preached. They had small groups for sports, lessons and application to life. Overall the weekend was a huge success. Next week another camp for 60 more kids! Pray that more lives are changed and for it to be a beneficial time for everyone leaders and children.

I know the children will not soon forget the great weekend, and I am blessed every time I spend anytime with them, they are so sweet and they think it’s the best when I take their picture or speak in their language. By being able to spend this large chunk of time with all of them at my house I was able to pick up a few more words and phrases, my favorite and most useful phrase is “I need coffee” 🙂 Especially when we are getting up so early.