Monday, July 23, 2012

Day 2.... Today was our first day of basketball camp. Wow! God is amazing. That's all I can say. We begin early this morning and finished the day at 5. It was a pretty awesome day. The language barrier was very difficult. We were told at the beginning of camp that we would all have a translator, but we didn't. So we used the little Swahili that we knew. Thats very difficult when you have 150 5-8 year olds. It was actually pretty comical. In fact, I was in charge of doing the shooting and rebound drill. All day I was asking "how are you?" when I was meaning to say "rebound". No wonder they were so confused. Then Im pretty sure that a few times we all spoke in spanish instead of Swahili. But, God brought us through it. We laughed at ourselves at the end of the night and I'm just thankful that God helped us through the day, dispite the language barrier. As frustrating as it was, at the end of the day, the universal language of love was shown. It didnt really matter that they couldnt understand what we said or that we couldnt understand them. The smiles on their faces, the constant pictures and hugs, and the many greetings we received, was all that mattered at the end of the day. LOVE is here. Its everywhere. They may not have material things. The city may smell of sewage and trash and there may be poverty,but one thing they express well is LOVE. After the camp we handed out 200 Bibles. Of the 150 children we passed out Bibles to, only 2 of them owned a Bible. That breaks my heart. But God is moving and the seed has been planted. I pray He continues to stir in the hearts of these children and teachers as we share the gospel. Please pray for guidance and wisdom as we go out tomorrow to share the gospel to about 220 different students. Thanks again for all of your prayers!

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  1. I love reading about your days in Africa! Praying for you.

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    1. thank you! I cant believe I've done so good at keeping it up! lol. Have a lot of stories for you!

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