"The wound is the place where light enters you. ~ Rumi"
Camp is triage. These volunteers are tending to children on a battlefield they never asked to be on, trying desperately to keep their trust, and their hope, and their sense of self worth from bleeding out from the wounds that have been inflicted upon them.” By Perry P. Perkins
Camp is triage. These volunteers are tending to children on a battlefield they never asked to be on, trying desperately to keep their trust, and their hope, and their sense of self worth from bleeding out from the wounds that have been inflicted upon them.” By Perry P. Perkins
I've never heard it described so beautifully about what we do at our healing camps. My friend Perry, was at boys camp for a few days last week teaching young boys how to cook - give them a life skill they could take home with them and be proud of.
I do feel it's so much more than triage, but when you are coming into this battlefield for the first time, it is pretty devastating when it really and truly sinks in - we call it the “aha” moment and for the first time you “get” the gravity of what we do for hurting kids at healing camp ...
I do feel it's so much more than triage, but when you are coming into this battlefield for the first time, it is pretty devastating when it really and truly sinks in - we call it the “aha” moment and for the first time you “get” the gravity of what we do for hurting kids at healing camp ...
