youth camp (7-1)

Sunday, I had the opportunity to visit a youth camp that had been going on since Friday. Doctor Galela picked me up at 8:30 in the morning and we drove an hour and a half north to the camp. When we arrived, we walked into the worship service that had already started. Singing and dancing were already in full swing and it was definitely a little different that what I was used to in a service, but it was awesome. Some of the songs were in Zulu, but I found that just being in the presence of so many worshipping God created a worshipful atmosphere for me despite the language barrier. At 12, we took a half hour break then it was back to the service. We sang and there was a message and a recap of what had been covered at the camp. This finished up at around 3:30 and then it was lunchtime. We had a wonderful meal and then the kids packed up to go. I spent this time meeting the youth leaders and talking to them about the rallies. I found this time to be helpful because everybody I talked to was very supportive of what we wanted to do and a few of the pastors really wanted to talk more about partnering with us to bring a rally to their area, so that was very encouraging.