Me and Mary

My small group after "awkward starfishing" me with a hand full of flour

Went back to Italy this past week again with a group of middle school kids.  I would still not say I'm the biggest fan of camping but it was a little better this week because I got to use an air mattress!  We did have so much fun though! The Young Life program team and work staff did an awesome job making sure the kids had a blast with funny songs and games.  We had a carnival where kids got to pie or flour their leaders.  We even had a birthday party for all the kids at camp.  The middle school kids really got into it!  All these things give us a great opportunity to be silly and get comfortable with each other so that when it came time to open up during our "tent time" the kids would be more likely to share.  The kids heard the story of Christ dying on the cross and many kids recommitted their life to serving Him.  

We did a lot of the same stuff as last week but we went to Pisa and Lucca instead of Elba Island. We of course took a ton of funny "holding up the tower" pictures.  I don't really like my profile in any of the pictures and it was so crowded it was difficult to get a good pic.  My middle school girls were very eager to shop at all the vendors so that is where we spent the majority of our time :)

All in all it was a great two weeks at camp down in Italy.  Hopefully over the next few weeks, I'll get an opportunity to follow up with some of the girls I had at camp to see how they are doing.  A lot of families go back to the states for the summer so I'm not sure if I'll get to see all of them.  Please pray for my conversations in helping to disciples girls or to continue to share the gospel with them!   We have a few fun trips planned this week so stay tuned :)