The Great Santa Barbara Chicken Launch

Regina's Memories

Here is a recent email form a former camper.

Hello, my name is Regina F., I ran across a girl who posted on her Instagram that she volunteered at the Royal Family Kids camp recently, and it reminded me of when I attended. When I was little I had no idea it was a camp for abused children, I just thought it was a camp that my adopted parents wanted to send me to just have fun for a week. I remember always being scared when first getting there due to the fact that I didn’t know anybody. But once I got off that bus, we were always greeted by our leaders with signs with our names on them. I remember the love and hugs our counselors greeted us with, I remember the activities (dressing up, tie dying shirts, building bird houses, playing basketball, the talent show) I remember one year I was picked to light the torch, I remember a lesson on God knowing the amount of hairs on our head, and I was picked to count the hairs on a person’s head! J  I remember getting t-shirts, and cassette players and I even remember the theme song (and our water bottles had the theme song on them) it’s crazy that it’s been 7+ years and I still remember everything about the camp, that’s how much its impacted my life. I am now 21 years old with a son, our own place, and with a great job for my age! I started working for the court house at age 19 and joined the Juvenile Service Department. I’m going to school, majoring in criminal justice I have only 1 year left. I’ve grown so much, but one thing I won’t forget or grow out of….are the memories of the Royal Family Kids Camp!

Thanks for all that you do!

Texas Training 2014

We had a great time in Texas this summer doing our first training on the campus of South Western Assemblies of God.  We trained 4 new sets of camp leaders including a Pastor from Ghana.  He is a full time children's Pastor in Ghana and was a great addition to our training group.

We discussed the Birthday party we have for all the kids at camp and I asked Joshua, from Ghana, how they celebrate birthdays in his country.  Joshua said people in his country generally do not celebrate birthdays and he himself has never had a birthday party in his 37 years.  Well!!!  Telling a bunch of RFK people that you've never had a birthday party is a call to action.  The rest of our group planned a Texas sized surprise party for Joshua that night, with cake, ice cream, presents and Spiderman decorations, it's all we could find at the last minute.

We had a great week and we pray that all the camps launch successfully with great results.