they
were singing and doing the actions to the songs. Thank you!"
[Mother] Dave and Tammy Tolman launched the first SCKC in NSW in
April with 17 children from the Wollongong area and we were
privileged to be a small part of that. There were challenges and
changes throughout the week and another excellent tradition has
been established and will surely grow. During the same week Mike
and Chris Appleby launched the Casey Camp in another area of
Melbourne. They had 30 children attend with the promise of more to
come in future years and reports from this camp are "great",
"amazing", "fantastic" from staff, buddies and kids! It is
exciting to see what God is doing through these camps which are
modeled on Royal Family Kids' Camps in the US. [Campers identities
in articles & photos are protected]
Thirty-six
excited children attended the third annual SCKC this January and
once more we saw God move on many of these young lives. Our
volunteer staff of 35 buddies and 18 staff people did a fantastic
job being "Jesus with skin on" to our kids. Three people from
Idaho joined us, along with three from central Queensland [we are
believing for SCKC to start there in a year or so!] Reports from
social workers and foster parents are coming in remarking at the
change in attitudes and outlooks of some of these children.
"(child's name) has shown great interest in reading his Bible and
wants to go to Sunday School. I am planning to find one nearby and
make sure he gets there." [Foster parent] "The boys have come back
from camp with such a different attitude. It is like they got a
chance to experience childhood again. When it looked like a fight
was about to happen I put on the CD they brought from camp and
within seconds the fight was forgotten and