English Camps

In our first camp alone we had more kids accept Christ than in all of the camps the year before.

A typical day of camp began with morning prayer and devotions with all the Christians involved with the camp. After devotions was English class time. The kids were split up according to their mastery of the English Language. I worked with students who had an intermediate to advanced level of the English language. I could speak with them in English and translation was rarely required. English class lasted for three hours and then it was time for lunch. After lunch, there is some free time and then some planned recreation. Next comes dinner. After dinner was Crazy Game Time. We played a variety of fun and crazy games. After that we sang some songs and dance. This is followed by the evening speaker. The evening speaker talked about a deeper life issue form a Christian perspective, including a story about Jesus. Once the speaker was finished we break back up into our class groups and discuss what the speaker talked about. We started off very slow with basic questions that will test their comprehension and build relational trust before we move to deeper and more personal questions. As the week comes to a close, the students were presented with an opportunity to accept Christ into their lives. Back to the schedule, discussion time was followed by a fun activity or game.
To summarize the camp experience, it is a lot of fun, relationship building, learning English, and most importantly discovering who Jesus Christ is and why that is important.