camp is here!

camp staff at the climbing site at lukenya

arts and crafts at camp

lead team retreat at amboseli national park. sweet.

this is typical me at sock war. this is before greg dumped an entire bucket on water on me. thanks greg. :)

if you know anything about my summers, then that is all you need for explanation of my silence.

early may saw the arrival of sarah. mid-may brought the camp lead team (brittany, isaac, greg).

and at the end of may the whole staff arrived and camp began.

first and second session, though smaller than usual, were so much fun. i especially enjoyed several of my high school students who served as junior counselors. we saw at least 5 new believers in the second session of camp.

the first monday after camp we served with the conways in eastleigh, a nairobi slum, and at their farm in kamulu for former street kids. what a blessing they were to us! that was a first experience for many of our staff. we got to see firsthand street kids before and after their involvement with this ministry. so many of the beautiful kids at the farm had come from terrible unspeakable backgrounds and now are training for things like hairdressing, catering, and computers. God is using Made in the Streets to rescue his beautiful children from life alone in the slums of nairobi. what a blessing it was to be a part of that if only for a day.

we just returned on saturday from a week among the Masai community around Mt. Suswa in the Rift Valley. words aren't enough right now to describe out experience. we built a greenhouse, preached in Church every day, visited homes, and sang, danced, and prayed with our Masai brothers and sisters under the African stars each evening. we camped in Bishop Abraham's front yard and were nightly tucked in with a wonderful Word from God via the Bishop. it was incredible.

tomorrow we head out to Western Province to partner with Mission Link Ministries in Bungoma. this is always a highlight of the summer and i'm sure lives will once again be changed for God's glory. hopefully i'll have some great pictures and stories when we return.

this has been my only "off" day thus far this summer. but today i am making appointments answering emails, and taking one of our staff to the doctor. and later i'll make dinner for my 30 children. :) it's good. too busy, but good.

love you all! thanks for keeping up with me!