Hey guys

Sorry I haven't been able to post, but I've been really busy.

I have had three camps since last time I posted. The first two camps were kind of fristrating for me because I was in a much more observant role than I like to have. The camps were primarily Zulu so there wasn't really a whole lot of leading that I could actually do. In fact, participating in general was hard. Nevertheless, the campers seemed to get a lot out of those camps and that is what really matters. The last camp I did just this past weekend was really good but quite a bit different than normal. The group was a church youth group coming from Jo'Burg and it was their first time to L'Abri. Being a youth group was different in itself but what was most unusal about this camp was that they were there for bonding as opposed to the team building or personal development. The camp also facilitated most of their own activities as well. As staff, our jobs were more centered around adventure walks and hospitality. Working in the kitchen is not really one of our normal duties but there we were cooking and washing dishes. Richie and I were also charged with making all the fires and those included cook fires as well as fires to heat the water. In four days we built around 30 fires. By the end, I was tempted to chop more than just wood with an axe; not really though. It was a great group though and they were full of energy. We were invited to participate in nearly all the activities and I took full advantage of this because that is why I am there. There were 7 American missionaries with the group as well and it was kind of nice talking to fellow countrymen though also kind of strange. We taught a bunch of the campers to play American football and that was a lot of fun. I was actually quite surprised how much the nonAmericans enjoyed it. So that was a really good camp. L'Abri is winding down now though and I only have one more camp at the moment. I'll be doing some work in town to keep myself busy.

Last week we got to house sit for the former boss of L'Abri. He had quite a sweet house up in the hills overlooking the entire city and in this house was a playstation, a pool, a pool table, a good kitchen and a big grill so we had a lot of fun there for a couple days. It was a bit sad to return home in fact.

Thursday we had a big soccer match of L'Abri staff vs Khayalethu staff which I have been putting together for weeks now. I played goal keeper which turns out to be a much better position for me. After 90 minutes we won the game 5-2 which was a rather embarrassing defeat for my former team. Of course they would like a rematch so we are planning one for the beginning of may. It will most likely be on the third. We got some really good pictures there and someone also managed to get a video of me making a save. All and all it was a really fun day and I am most looking forward to the next one.

Now I know its short but I do have something of a ruitine now and it would be redundent for you to read the same things every time. If not, its redundent for me to write them so I'm not going to any way.

Goodbye for now