Internship #5

Dear Friends and Family

I am now halfway through week 4.

Only 2 and 1/2 more weeks to

go. It is very very exciting stuff.

Camp has been going great.

Our classroom has actually lost

5 girls who were all in the same

girl scout troop together, as for

why, we are still not quite sure.

But after losing them we gained

3 new students.

Class time is a little boring at

times, but what class is fun all

the time? Come on!! But we have

a few fun little things. At the

beginning of every class session

I read to them a chapter from

The Magicians Nephew which

they are enjoying. We also have

a 'thinking chair' which is the

equivalent of timeout and so the

kids all get a verbal warning,

then the thinking chair for a set

time, then they go to the director.

If they are being bad or punished.

And for fun, since every girl in

my class LOOOVES Justin Bieber,

my rule is that if anyone

says that name they are in the

thinking chair! So thats a little fun

thing our class shares together.

Outside of camp has been really

great too. I have camp everyday

from 7:30am-5:30pm so it gets

tiring but nights and weekends

I usually have noooothing to do

which at times, most times, is

lame but God has been

challenging me to dig into His

word and build relationships

with the other interns here. To

learn about them and their

beliefs and such. Iron sharpens

iron.

My time with Dr. Perkins himself

has also been amazing. He has

such a way of taking huge issues

such as poverty and breaking it

down to something so simple as

issues in the family. He says that

if we mend the family, we end

poverty. And the more he explains

it, the more I see, he is 100%

correct. We have had many good

talks, some about pride, some

about how to better the camp and

relationships with the kids, and

a lot about social justice. I am

learning so much while being

here.

One thing, since I have written

last, that I have become so

grateful for, is the mind of a child.

For example a girl named Zoe

was sitting next to me on the

way to lunch and she grabbed

my hand, started bending my

fingers and touching all parts

of it and asked, "Mr. Chris, how

did God make a hand? Did He

draw it? Or did He just know?"

and I almost cried and realized,

wow, God, I question so much

of what You do in my life, and

ask the question 'Why?' too

much. But this little girl

answered it all, God just knows,

and He just does! Nothing else

needs to be worried about.

Another kid named Kristian

today in class, started rubbing

the hair on my legs, kind of

random but I was fine with it,

then he said, "Wow, God made

you so different, yet special"

and again, I realized how right

he was. And it was an amazing

message to relay to the kids,

that even though my skin is a

different color, that God loves

us all the same and He used

that difference to help break

down the social barriers we

are struggling with all over

the world.

Well that is all I have for today.

If you think about it, pray that

I be intentional with everyone

I meet these last 3 weeks. Whether

it be with the campers, the interns,

and anyone I meet or have met.

Special thanks to all those who

have supported me financially,

I wouldn't be here without you.

And special thanks to those who

have been praying for me and

keeping in contact. My amazing

family of missionaries, my darling

Liz, my best friend Nick, and Wal

Mart. I love you all and miss you

so much, except Wal Mart!

God bless

~Christian Cannon