Tuesday, July 5, 2011

The fear of the Lord and the fear of little ones!

A week ago Saturday, I went down to a small town that in 3 hours north of Bogota. There the assemblies in Bogota have a camp. This first camp was an Elders-Deacons camp which was actually more of a short term seminarry. (Samuel, I'm sure will tell you more about it as he attended that camp.) From Saturday to Monday I worked in the kitchen mostly washing, drying, and putting away dishes. The rest of the time I was setting and clearing tables, or helping with small things. That weekend went by quickly.
On Tuesday kids from 6-13 years old came. As soon as they arrived we decided that it might be a good time to decide how we are going to divide them up, and what counselor is with whom. Yeah, not exactly effecient, but its Colombian style and eventually everything works out in the end anyway, so there's not really a need to worry right? I had the privlage of working with Alma, a wonderfully organized person. (She also was the head cook in the Elders camp.) We were put in charge of nine 6-9 year olds who were wonderful! The theme for this camp was the Fear of the Lord. Something we as Christians have lost in our walk with God. Our main memory verse for the week was Deuteronomy 10:12 which in spanish is "Ahora pues Israel, que pide Jehová tu Dios de ti, sino que temas a Jehová tu Dios y andes en todos su caminos, y que le ames y sirvas a Jehová tu Dios con toda tu corazon, y con toda tu alma. (Sorry didn't memorize it in english.) Anyway I was able to pay attention to a lot of what the the speakers (one being David Easter) had to say.
I have to go now as i am getting ready to make the "almuerzo"
I will tell you about youth camp and what i learned later  on
thanks for your prayers,
Christina

1 comment:

  1. Sounds like a wonderful experience all the way around :)!

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