Pastor´s Camp

After having been at two camps of just children and teenagers, it was so nice to have Pastor’s Camp where the parents were there. The ARRIBA students helped the chamber choir of about twenty-five seminary students from the Baptist Seminary of Peru in Trujillo with the children’s session in the morning. After visiting the seminary for a week in September, it was nice to see some familiar faces and get to know them a bit better during our week at camp. I worked with the group of nine to eleven year olds with four seminary students. Each class went through the four missionary journeys of the Apostle Paul in the morning and while the choir was singing in the adult session at night, we taught on the life of Mary Slessor, single missionary to Africa. It was a great week to have a break from being in complete control of the numerous children, yet what an experience it was to get to know multiple pastors and their families.
Each morning at 7:30, we would have a combined devotional time in the dining room. It was a precious time where we sang accompanied by an accordion and were spiritually fed by the preaching of the Word. The day was then filled with children’s sessions, pool time, rest time in the afternoon, missionary focus with the children, and organized kids games at night. Each night, a new theme was presented like Jungle Night and night of Olympics while each team competed against the other teams to win. It was a wonderful week to spend with pastors and their families only with the chamber choir. It was difficult to see them go, but we praised God for the precious times we could spend together.