July 21, 2011
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Soccer Camp Reflections
The past three days Jerusalem Ministry (orphanage ministry I direct: www.jerusalemministry.org) held our 4th annual soccer camp for 3rd – 6th grade boys from various children homes in Seoul. We hold it every year during rainy season because it is the only time the boy are available… and for all four years God has stopped the rain just before the camp started and granted us beautiful weather. This year we had 43 boys from 5 homes gather and 34 volunteers serve. That might sound like too many volunteers, but the truth is that the more volunteers we have the greater love and attention the boys receive.
Kids have always commented how different Jerusalem Ministry camps are from the other many camps they attend. One boy this year commented to one of our staff that the volunteers at the soccer camp are different from all the volunteers he has met at other camps because he felt genuine love at this camp. Another boy burst into tears when it was time to say goodbye after our final meal together. For both of those kids it was their first camp with our ministry and it was also perhaps the first time they had experienced such powerful love and attention. Three days doesn’t seem like long, but with God’s love it can just take a special smile and word of encouragement to break off lies in the kids’ hearts. These camps continue to get better and better!
Here is a preview picture… I’ll post more in a few days. We were blessed to partner with Unseen Ministries during the camp and have them take pictures for us.
God is good! Another blessed camp is in the books. And I know my boys will be talking about it all year, as they have for the past camps.
