The past week and a half has been beyond intense. Last week we were up by 6 and didn’t stop going until 8 or 9 at night, with the children’s camp in the morning and running the coffee shop at night. It has been tiring, but rewarding. I led a group of about 20 kids from 10-13 years old and saw God do incredible things through them. I could share so much from camp with you but I think I will just tell you about a boy named Glen. Glen was the smallest boy in my group, and irresistibly sweet. I adored him. When we did the Salvation message and all of my kids prayed to accept Christ, I asked them how they felt. Glen said he felt strong. God is good! Now, my sweet Glen wore a pair of slip on Mickey Mouse slippers every day- those were his only shoes for winter. During the game someone stepped on one of his slippers and it tore completely apart. I then watched as this beautiful child walked to the side, got on his knees, put his head down on top of the torn slipper and wept. And my heart shattered. I instantly resolved to make the situation right, however there was no option to go buy him new shoes. So I set out to fix his slipper with whatever craft supplies I could round up. With the help of my dear friend Hannah, I was able to glue them together with contact adhesive and pin them up with salvation pins that said things like “Jesus loves me” and “Praise the Lord”. That boy’s shoes looked better than ever, and I had the greatest joy watching him put them back on after the glue had dried. As silly as it might sound that was the highlight of my camp. It’s beautiful to live out Christ’s love in the small things… in making a difference for just one life. In the Mamelodi township there are surely hundreds, maybe thousands of kids who don’t have shoes… and while I would love to find a way to shoe them all, for now I rejoice that life is a little better for sweet Glen and his feet will be warm this winter. (Glen is the boy next to me in the picture)

This week I am in charge of the preschoolers at a different camp. The Lord is giving me energy, because I definitely have run out of my own after last week. He is moving in big ways… and I am loving it. I have seen food and supplies multiplied, hundreds of children accepting Christ as their Savior.. and many other awesome things. And I have learned how to live Christ's love in the little things. Amazing.