Kids Club Day 2!!

Day Two of kids camp was another early start with the breakfast bell at the Team House ringing at 7 AM. After some delicious french toast made by our talented chef Nadine, it was off to Capricorn for the entire BBC crew.  Allison started our morning with an encouraging devotion reminding each of us to take heart in the Lord.  After we prayed, we split into our two site teams to start kids club.

I have the honor to be in Overcome in the mornings.  Unfortunately today, the staff leader (Stacy) for our site was sick, yet we managed to keep the kids highly entertained.  Please keep Stacy in your prayers so that she may be healed and back with us tomorrow! We danced our hearts out in Overcome with "Waka Waka" being a crowd favorite and endured more hair braiding sessions while the Capricorn team also played endlessly and spent some powerful time praying with their children.  Bible story skits were performed and memory verse chants were shouted out again today at both sites as we continued to help the Life Skill Leaders of Living Hope teach their lessons.

For lunch, we ate under the sunshine at False Bay while watching surfers catch some waves then we all hit the coffee shop, Knead, to fulfill our daily coffee and pastry cravings.  Today we did better about waiting outside for our lattes and macchiatos instead of clogging up the front counter. What can we say? Rookie mistake.

From our discussion at night during the BBC team devotional, it was evident that teen camps at both sites ran just as smoothly as the first day, which all of us were thrilled about.  In Capricorn, we spent the last hour of teen club with Connor doing a wonderful job sharing his testimony and Anne Galloway (who has decided to tell everyone in Capetown that her name is Annie) followed with a moving devotional. And boy, can a couple of the youth at our site sing! Apparently we have a special surprise in store for us tomorrow with it being the Fourth of July that involves some vocal talent, so keep your eyes peeled to read more about that on the next blog post.

Much talk once we were back at the Team House for the day consisted of the Brookwood Beach Retreat coming up this month, so parents, watch out- you might be getting either personal texts from Caleb or emails from your kids asking if they are allowed to bind themselves to this awesome upcoming event.  Also, I think I finally found the best time to take a shower, but there's no way I'm letting the cat out of the bag on the blog, sorry guys! After several days in the house it has become apparent that Rebekah is the target of Will and David's bullying so don't be surprised if you continue to see embarrassing photos of her on twitter or instagram.  Another fun fact for the day, wind at night is not by any means a light breeze. It can definitely be more accurately compared to the sound of a tsunami and we are easily distracted during dinner conversations in fear that the house is about to fall apart. But no worries, we were forewarned that the house is rock solid.

All joking aside, it is safe to say that our eyes were truly opened today. Day One at the camps was SO much fun getting to meet all the joyful kids and teens, but today we grasped a deeper understanding of the darkness they all live in.  After many of the club attendees opened up to us, we realized all of them battle one or more of the following: drugs, alcoholism, gangsterism, or neglect.  Most have family members that expose them to these difficulties and they come to clubs in order to stay out of the trouble that runs rampant in the townships of Overcome and Capricorn.  This caused our hearts to break even more for the youth of Capetown.  We know they are safe when they are with us at camps and we are blessed to be a part of their safe havens for the day, but we ask that you pray for their safety and well-being when they are not with us at the Living Hope facilities.  We also ask that you will pray they continue to be the light in their poverty stricken communities and that all 24 of us on this mission trip will continue to be an outlet of encouragement to them.

No pictures again today due to Living Hope's rule of photography restricted the first couple days of camp.  This rule is in place in order to prevent barriers being built up between the kids and us workers; after much opening up from the kids today, we are all in agreement that this rule is very wise and are glad that we have not wasted any time with the children.

Thanks for reading,
Your Overcome celebrity- Hannah Montana