English Camp

I've written a newsletter about English Camp but wanted to put a few words here too. Last week fifty young people joined our first Poipet English Camp from July 7-9. (There were 30 guys and 20 girls.) Five volunteer teachers from Melbourne, Australia, came to help run the Camp with about the same number of local volunteers signing up. The highlights for me were:

ONE: Enjoying the great atmosphere in the open-air restaurant. It was spacious and perfect for our needs.
TWO: Eating plenty of delicious food.
THREE: Seeing students have fun while learning through games, role plays, drawing, painting etc.
FOUR: Observing Australian teachers and Khmer helpers/ translators work in cooperation to deliver the lessons.
FIVE: Preaching! Yes... I love it ; )
SIX: Reading on the evaluation forms that the only thing that many people said could be improved would be to make the camp longer.
SEVEN: Receiving a report about a once-shy student going back to her regular class and talking "non-stop" about her experiences at camp.
EIGHT: Hearing that some students went to church for the first time the Sunday after the camp.
NINE: Planning for a bible study group for other students who are interested to learn more about faith.
TEN: Watching it all happen... maybe the best moments were when I had time to just sit back and watch it all happen around me.

Let's do another one next year...