Fight the Tide: Whirlwind week…

On the 22nd of September we began a 9 day adventure called youth camps. Each year Thrive Africa hosts youth camps that are open to youth in Qwa Qwa and Intebazwe (and this year Khalanyoni as well). Well, this year we had 3 back-to-back 3 day camps here on the base. Each camp held it’s own challenges, but all were great. For example camp 1 was hot and extremely windy, camp 2 was rainy, and camp 3 was pretty chilly and rainy. But we made it and all 3 camps were a success! This year’s camp theme was Crossroads and featured messages about making the right decisions in life, staying on the narrow road, getting rid of distractions and keeping our focus on God. Camp was also jam packed with games and fun activities! The campers were divided into 10 teams (each team with a different color shirt) and took part in activities as a team. Some of the big team activities were low ropes, paintball, volleyball, the zip line (AKA the foofie slide), Playstation, and the music studio where teams got to record a song. At the end of camp all of the campers received a CD with all 10 team songs on it.I could go on and on about camp but if I did this blog would be a novel, so I’ll just leave you with lots of pictures…

Team bonding time...