We are in the home stretch but the team still put in a full day as we loaded the bus at 8:30AM and returned at 9:00 PM for a late dinner.
Today we got to play at two sports camps, the first one, was a day-camp for sixty five kids from the garbage village that we visited on Thursday.
We started the program off with some music and then Len did several of his family camp specialties: like making rain, not the easiest thing to sell to some kids who rarely see the stuff! Annie and Kelly were able to share with the group.The group then split off with boys going to the 'Futbol' pitch ( that's soccer for us Americans) and the girls going to dance and play games. We then had the opportunity to serve them lunch.
Off to the bus for a two-hour ride to the Wadi (valley) outside Cairo, lots of sand and desolation except for where they are able to irrigate. Add a lot of water and up pops some huge farms, groves and vineyards; the tangerines are incredible this time of the year.
We made it to the second camp which is owned by our host church and is the largest Christian camp. It is also the only Christian training center in the Middle East. It' s beautiful and really well done. Kanakuk Kamps out of Branson, Mo. has consulted with them and they have taken many good ideas and made them great. It must be a thrill for every camper to drive in and see where they will be camping for 10 days!
It can sleep 550 kids and has a new soccer stadium, pools, zip line, climbing walls, basketball, squash, equestrian, skateboarding park, dodge ball courts and two high ropes courses. Len has been to many camps in the USA and was really impressed as we were too. We met with the leader, Maged Fawzy, of the Sports mininstry for our host church and were given a tour. He invited us to experience the camp. It didn't take long for David Arthur and the other kids to strap on the harnesses for the climbing walls and zip line. We ended our time with a long battle on the soccer pitch with the young ones taking on the amateur ones on the trip. Not a surprise that the youth won, but they did have a lot of help from their Egyptian friends, who scored the winning goal. All the Dads are a little sore. One more day and we are all looking forward to being with Mamma Maggie.
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