David organised the first ever Young Men's camp for the Chennai District. The Church here is fairly young (relatively-speaking) - a few decades old. The first member in Chennai is still alive and well, and not that old.
The boys stayed at the campus of the Rising Star Outreach School. From memory they had a campfire and roasted marshmallows, a testimony meeting, sports, games and did service. There might be more that I am forgetting.
Ethan and some of the other Young Men. Ethan's skin looks a little 'smooth' here because of the filter used. There is a popular photo filter in India that makes an Indian complexion look great, but makes fair skinned people look like dolls.
David with two of the boys. We have the largest number of boys in our branch - about 15. The other branches are much smaller in terms of their youth numbers.
Painting a fence.
It sounds like the kids (and leaders) had a great experience.
A funny story that happened in Primary.. One of our Primary boys (aged 9) had snuck into the Young Men's room after Church while the Young Men were discussing plans for the upcoming camp. He came running back to me and said "Sister Jeffrey the Young Men are going camping and they are going to have a campfire!! Can we do that in Primary?? Please Sister, I want to go on an adventure!!". I explained that we don't have Primary camps. His response was "could we at least have a fire?"
Ha ha!
The Young Men also had a surfing activity a while back. Other than Ethan, none of them had tried surfing before. David organised soft boards and surfing instructors to teach the boys. They took turns using David's gopro to film each other. Ethan cut together some of the clips and put it to music.
Ethan was there, but you don't see him unless you look for him. He is further out the back (because he knows how to surf) wearing a red rash shirt.
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