wfn.org | YMCA, PCT presbytery organize kids camp for young Morakot victims

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>3038 Edition

>May 17~23, 2010

YMCA, PCT presbytery organize kids camp for young Morakot victims

>Reported by Chen Wei-chien

>Written by Lydia Ma

In the months since Typhoon Morakot, Changhua Presbytery has  remained in close 
contact

with Rukai Presbytery, which suffered tremendous losses during  Typhoon Morakot.

Recently, some youth from Changhua Presbytery led a weekend  children’s camp to 
reach out

to kids from Rukai Presbytery. They plan to hold 5 events between  April and 
November 2010

>to encourage and get to know these kids.

On May 15, 8 youth from different churches in Changhua Presbytery  led a 
weekend children’s

camp organized by YMCA leaders and local pastors. This is the  second time 
they’ve

participated in an outreach event for Rukai children.

According to YMCA Changhua branch General Secretary Chen Chi-chih,  he visited 
Rukai

Presbytery and Aborigine reservations soon after Typhoon Morakot.  At first, he 
didn’t quite

know how he could help. But when he saw children running around  unattended 
because their

parents were busy cleaning up, he began talking and playing games  with these 
children and

>soon got to know them.

After this experience, he figured that if he were to reach out and  minister to 
these children, it

had to be a long-term ministry. Hence, he began to learn their  language and 
organize various

events and also pulled together all available resources from  Changhua’s YMCA.

Youth who participated in this weekend camp were all college and  high-school 
students.

According to Chen, they were mature, proactive and passionate. Not  only did 
they quickly

befriend Rukai children, they also chose to sleep in a church  sanctuary to 
spare their hosts

>from the hassle of housing them overnight.

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