Lahash kids go to Bible Camp in Tanzania

Update by Emily Deichsel and Leah Davis from Dodoma

The Lahash sponsored children in Tanzania went to Bible Camp this week. They spent two nights and three days at Msalto Seminary College Campus just outside of Dodoma. The camp was a combined group from the church for the first time. Attending the camp were Lahash kids 10 and up, Compassion kids, and a handful of church youth attended the camp together as members of Iringa Road Mennonite Church. Because of the combined groups, most of the church staff was present making it an event for the whole church.

The theme of the camp was Let the Glory of God be Revealed. We explored this theme throughout the week through classes, praise, worship and even games. The seminars during the three days covered trauma healing, counselling, HIV/AIDS, youth growth and development, and Biblical devotionals. It seemed really exciting for the kids to have an experience away from home with their peers and to learn in a different environment. While being well fed with three meals a day, they were also fed emotionally and spiritually with meaningful messages and information to apply to their lives. Throughout the week the spirits were high and the dancing was lively!

From Dodoma in 2009