more about arts camp!

Hey y'all,
you can tell that I was in Texas this past week ;) So, I want to tell everyone about arts camp.
As I said before, it was mainly and intensely a dance camp, which I didn't know before I arrived.
Altogether, each group learned the same three dances in a week, and then we performed them for ministry that weekend. On Friday, we went to Dallas. There were two places my group went that evening, to a neighborhood with a lot of Hispanic immigrants. It was fun to dance for the kids there, but more than anything I loved playing with them. I got to hold little girls that hadn't gotten a lot of love assuming from how much they soaked it up, and hold the rope for them to jump. I felt like God was really reaching people through us. The next place we went was more inside of the city, called "West End", and there was such a feeling of darkness and oppression over that place. My group and I danced on the street corner, and then prayed with some people afterwards, but there didn't seem to be that much response. I went back on the bus feeling kind of depressed, but that emotion melted like ice cream once all the groups were back together and we started worshipping. It was a really good time. That was the overnight trip on Friday.
Then, on Saturday, we went to a WATERPARK for ministry. It was a lot of work to dance in black shirts and jeans in the hot sun, but we got to swim afterwards so it was totally worth it. I got totally sunburned on my face and neck. And I totally sound like a valley girl :P
On Sunday we performed at a mall, and that was really fun. Then it was suddenly Sunday night and everyone was saying goodbye. It's an amazing group of people, and it was a little sad to leave, but I was glad that I was going back home.

Blessings,
Me