Dear Prayer Partners,

Our last FULL day of camp is officially in the books. Today felt different from the time we woke up. We knew that 2 big events were coming in the afternoon: The girls' Royal Tea Party and the boys' Dude Royal.

Today is a very special day for all the girl campers. They had an opportunity to dress up in beautiful formal dresses, wear makeup and have their hair fixed fancy. They were headed to a lovely Royal Tea Party. The boys stood around lining the sidewalks to cheer on the girls as they went to the Dining Hall. The boys whistled, cheered and clapped for the girls as they went by. One of the staff members complimented on the boys' behavior and how great they made the girls feel. One of the older men made the comment to his camper, "I like like to show the girls respect! They deserve to be treated right!” Now that is quite the gentleman and a good example to these young boys who often have never seen this type of respect shown to a female.

Later on in the day the boys got to experience what we have called Dude Royal for years based on the boys' love for the Christian YouTube sensation, Dude Perfect. For Dude Royal, we bring in a fun Ninja Warrior experience and some plastic axe throwing for the boys. They absolute love it. One of our young boys was overheard saying to his counselor, "This is way better than getting in a dress and have some kind of nasty tea. I'm so glad I'm a boy!"

Today may be the last full day of camp but tomorrow will be filled with its own emotions as we wrap up our 2nd session of Royal Family Kids Camp and head home.

We do ask that you continue to pray for the kids. It's about this time during the week when they start to "pull away" and "act out" in preparation for their return home. Some will go home to loving families while others will return to their foster home where they are simply a number and often overlooked. We pray that we have filled them with long-lasting hope and showered them with love all week.

Blessings,

Darren

p.s. Pray for the buses and the bus drivers tomorrow who will be arriving around lunch time. We pray for their safety and their trip with the kids back to DFW.