NEWSLETTER: JUNE, 2010

I guess you can read anything into a smile, in the following cases it's smiling campers! Oh! Boy! Camp-time!!!

You as a supporter make it possible for us to have this camp every year, thank you so much! We're hoping for enough support to make it two camps next year.

Early Friday morning more than a hundred kids hike their dirt streets to ten different pick-up areas and wait for us to pick them up! They each carry their little bundle of blankets and a towel along with them, some have a flashlight.

Many of these boys have never been to the mountains or even the beach, so they are elated with the long trip down the coast, even though they are packed in the vehicles like sardines. "That's the ocean to the right, big isn't it? Hey, there's a ship!"

A camp like this gives us a chance to move our kids into a controlled environment where we can love them, give them the attention they deserve and of course, share the Gospel.

In the Rancho Agua Viva camp they will have a nice bed, a bathroom with a toilet, wash basin and even a hot water shower; three nourishing meals and lots of fun geared to them. Bonus! This year we had water in the pool and that was a constant draw.

Camp is full of a variety of activities including sweating competition. Winning team wears a golden Champion shirt.

Morning, afternoon and evening we have a time of singing, skits, and a brief Gospel message given by speakers who know how to reach kids. Boy, can these kids sing!

I just wish you could be there to watch the excitement of boys being able to be boys and do some of the dumb things boys will do.

Each will become a man, how important this time is!


Golden Winner and Medal


Plenty of Good Food


Aaron Teaches Archery


Chores: Washing Lots of Dishes


Checking Out All The Trees


Message Getting Through

Thanks again for your part in making this camp possible for these kids that are poor. IT IS MUCH APPRECIATE!!!

~ Von, for all of us working over here in Tijuana!