Snow day!

We were sitting for lunch when our community direction approached our team to inform us that our Executive Director said we had the option to cancel camp due to the “snow storm” that hit Toronto. As these words come out of his mouth everyone’s expressed changed from “cool”, to “wait, then we don’t get to see the kids!”. Needless to say we ran camp disregarding the weather, snow just makes it more fun.

We boiled up about 2 liters of hot chocolate and prepared for a snow ball fight. We did not think a lot of the kids would come but were pleasantly surprised by the numbers as they flooded into the doors. We canceled homework and canceled bible studies and decided to focus on fun, love and laughter. The streetleaders were told they were not required to come, yet one young man asked if he could come anyways expressing his desire to just be with us.

I spent most of my day in the kitchen serving hot chocolate with marshmallows as they kids came in freezing cold and covered in snow. It was such a fun atmosphere and created so many opportunities to just sit down and have intentional times with one or two kids. I said on the gym floor beside a little boy of the age of 7 who was feeling a little sad, we sat as he sipped his hot chocolate till he forgot all about what he was sad about. There was much chatter as we sat around the kitchen table talking and could hear the two groups of kids having their games of basketball going on in the gym.

As I was walking home at the end of the observing the gorgeous sun sight flooding the sky I started a praying thanking God for a few kids that stood out to be today. As the names came out one after another after another and another and I realized just how much love there is existing at our camp. How amazingly privileged I am to be able to say thank you God for my 25 kids by name, and for specific character traits and reasons.