Howdy friends and family! I am writing to you tonight from a 2012 Royal Family Kids Camp—This afternoon as we were wrapping up our afternoon activities, we asked one of the campers to pray over supper. A little boy volunteered. He did a typical prayer, “Lord, thank you for the food and the fun day we had and Lord, thank you for letting me survive my first birthday and keeping me alive during the surgeries I have had. Amen”
Talk about being caught off guard! I was sitting next to the director and the nurse and neither of us had dry eyes. It’s so hard to imagine what some of these kids have gone through. The director shared with me that the little boy had to have a plate put in his head before his first birthday because of what his Mom had done to him. My heart was truly broken.
This evening before bed, I had the privilege to pass out the blankets that Joyce donated and we tied. I went with the camp Grandpa and Grandma to hand them out. The look on one little girls face was priceless. She grabbed her blanket and asked, “Who gave this to me?” The camp Grandma looked at her and said, “Miss Jen made it for you with another lady from her church.” She hugged the blanket tightly to her chest and said, “No one has ever given me anything like this before! Thank you! I love it!”
As we passed out the blankets to the other kids, it was so hard to hold back the tears that were filling my eyes. For some of these kids, it was just like Christmas morning. They were so excited to get something that was all their own.
As I was wrapping up the night, one of the privileges that I have is to be relief for the big campers and spend time with the little campers. While we are in the room, we get to read them a story, tuck them in and play worship music for them to go to sleep on. The other leader in the room asked one of the little girls if she would like her to tuck her in. She said no and turned her back away from that leader. The leader tried several times to tuck her in and each time she was answered with “No.” A few minutes later, I came by and asked her if it would be ok if I tucked her in and she said “I guess so.” She was very quiet and shy and I told her that I was so excited to see her when she woke up in the morning. She turned over immediately asked me if I was serious and I told her that I was. A huge smile spread across her face and she said that she couldn’t wait either.
From my widened, emotional picture window to yours, have a great week!
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