Camp update!

The past two days at camp have been amazing. It has been very difficult for the team to learn all 200 kids names, but we are definitely doing our best. Yesterday, there was a very interesting visual that the team noticed. Upon arriving at the Oasis of Hope Compound, all of the kids wanted to shake our hands and say, "Jambo!", to all of us, but they were a bit hesitant at first. When we walked into the main room, the kids were all keeping there heads down and not really making eye contact unless we stuck our hands out to shake, or to pull them onto our lap. By the time Tea and toast break came after we had become a bit more comfortable, all of the kids had completely different manurisms towards us. They wanted to hold hands with us, they wanted to hug us, and take pictures with us. It was a huge change from the beginning of the day. It was exciting at the end of the day to say, "see you tomorrow", to them and know that we will be back the next day to continue loving on them. The whole team has been doing really awesome with communicating with the kids and getting to know there stories. God has been doing some awesome things through all aspects of camp and I know he will continue to as we spend our last day at camp tomorrow!

Cory Tomlinson