Kids Across Africa Camps - Rwanda

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Murabeho Musanze

Murabeho Musanze, from Heather Benton | Kids Across Africa Camps We’re leaving Musanze today and heading to Kigali for a few days, and it is even crazy to think about! We finished up at camp and got some good work done there over time: helped start the soccer pitch, started some stairs down to the lake, trimmed some hedges and that’s about all we could do. We had...

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A quick update on the Kivu Gap Year Students | Kids Across Africa Camps The following posting is a quick update of events that have unfolded since the arrival of the Camp Kivu Gap Year students in Rwanda. For those of you who are not familiar with this, Kids Across Africa Camps has been hosting Gap Year students since last year. The purpose of this mission trip is to pr...

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Hands: Wave | Kids Across Africa Camps This activity was a part of the sequence in building trust. The participants would stand opposite of one another creating a wall of sorts with their hands. One member of the group would create space outside of the “wave” formation and tell the group whether they were going to walk or run. The group ...

Hands: On Head & a Shuffle | Kids Across Africa Camps Each person attending or helping with the camp was able to participate in a variety of activities. They learned to be a participant as well as a facilitator. Below is an example of one of these activities.

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Hands: shared work, leading to songs and rejoicing | Kids Across Africa Camps I was struck by all the roles being fulfilled to make the camp run and operate. People were serving in so many capacities and I took a few dozen photos in about 20 minutes of people cutting up food to be used in meals, washing dishes, putting away equipment used, chopping wood, cleaning showers, bui...

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Hands | Kids Across Africa Camps Have you heard that phrase? If so, have you given thought to the idea? What does it look like? How does it feel? Where does it take you? How do those words change when age, occupation, hobbies, location, attitude, religion, education, gifting, motivation, ________ (be creative, insert a word) are co...

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What do you see? | Kids Across Africa Camps Kids Across Africa has a very good friend, Jeff Cyr. He is exceptional and devoted, kind and adventurous, full of knowledge and a lover of Jesus. He is a photographer and a teacher, a student of the Word and Creation. His ability to use his professional background in teaching, in conjunction with hi...

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The Road Ahead | Kids Across Africa Camps This photograph was taken on a hike while the group from Crested Butte was in Musanze. A beautiful afternoon winding in and out of the local homes, ending at a spring which provided water for families. Children flocking to their sides and holding hands, climbing on backs, each grinning and laughing...

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Umunsi Mwiza | Kids Across Africa Camps

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Invitations Accepted | Kids Across Africa Camps The timeline above gave birth to a new friendship and a connection between a little mountain town in Colorado and a town in the northern part of Rwanda. Jonathan accepted the invitation from Michael and took his family to Crested Butte in June of 2010. During their stay in CB Michael connected Jonat...

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Waiting on the Christ Child | Kids Across Africa Camps We hope that your weekend was well lived and you were able to reflect upon the Joy of Christ. We have a guest who is going to share thoughts on waiting during this season of Advent. May her words inspire and challenge you: