I just got home from another successful Peace Camp. I love the whole week but the last night is always my favorite. After the children spend their last time at the global village their parents and grandparents come for a program. Tonight our children stood on the steps of the church and sang "Building a Better World" with sign language. Then they taught the song and signs to their family members. We had ice cream and then we moved into the Fellowship Hall to watch the Peace Camp 2011 movie.
But a movie can never capture the magic that is Peace Camp. Watching the adults of our church become henna tattoo artists or teach children to make candles, Zen gardens, beads out of bread, airplanes, birdhouses, peace rocks or play the djembe makes me smile. Seeing children line up to write a thank you card or build a rainbow of words about how they plan to build a better world is priceless. Hearing a child say to a parent, "Come here I want you to meet someone I really, really like" and watch as he introduces his parent to one of the adults of our church.
Dawna announced tonight that the theme for next year's Peace Camp is "Passport to Peace." One child wanted to know if that meant we were going to travel around the world next year. On the suggestion pages one child wrote that they want glass blowing to be a craft. Peace Camp is such an amazing event that the children believe anything is possible....even peace!
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