dancing in the rain

The theme for Friendscamp was "Tell Me A Story". During friendscamp, we had the opportunity to look at some of the stories in the Bible that Jesus told. The lessons were set up kind of like our one on one reading session that we have everyday, except that we were in small groups. We met with the same group the whole weekend to help us get to know each other better. We began with ice breakers to help us become better aquainted. One of the lessons we talked about was the parable of the talents and we had a talent show later that evening so that some of our readers could display their talents. All the activities we had tied back to the lessons that we had been studying to help make a real life connection. We had a time of singing (both in spanish and in english) in the morning and in the evening and we had evening devotionals. At the evening devotional, one of the missionaries or a church member would share their story. On Sunday morning, a church member, Oswaldo, told his story and it was very moving. He is a testimony to what one small seed planting can do, when it is being fertilized by God!
To complete the weekend, we had mail bags that we put notes that we had written to each other during the weekend to encourage each other. It was a blessing to be able to read what the people hear had to say about us in a short amount of time. It will be a wonderful souvenir to bring home!