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Over half of the Latin American population under the age of 20. Church and para-church ministries need novel, creative means to attract and impact them for Christ. This Games Encyclopedia provides a wide variety of healthy recreational options to satisfy a young person’s need for adventure, excitement and contact with nature. Once at the camp, or at youth group or another social function, he or she may hear of Christ for the first time.

The provision of this key resource to churches, camps and para-church ministries, containing over 1000 well-illustrated games, with user-friendly instructions in Spanish can play a strategic role in reaching children and young people for Christ.

Lisa's personal testimony: "The games are touching lives"

“The pages were strewn on the ground. There was a pile of ropes off to one side together with some 4"x4" planks, some balls, buckets, and other odds and ends.

I knelt down and picked up the papers. I smiled from one ear to the other. My gaze swept over the campgrounds until I saw what I was looking for. Action. Movement. The organizers of the event had arrived several hours early to set up the recreational activities they had chosen.

The papers I held in my hand were photocopies from the first volume of a Games Encyclopedia I had compiled and translated back when I worked in Camp Kikotén, Mexico in 1987.
I put the papers back on the ground, placing a rock on them so the wind wouldn’t blow them away and stood up. Alfredo slipped his hand into mine and said: "Hmm, makes all the effort seem worthwhile, doesn’t it?"

I looked up at him, with tears in my eyes, and said: "Yes it does, it truly does."

As Alfredo and I continued our evening walk around the Bible Institute that serves as a retreat center just a ½ mile from our home, I imagined hearing the peals of laughter and shouts of joy from the campers who would soon be participating in these games. I thought of the second volume to the Game Encyclopedia that we have almost finished compiling, translating and illustrating. This second volume will contain double the amount of games and activities the first volume had, around 1100.”

If you are interested in partnering with Lisa in leaving this legacy of games to Latin America, and making a donation to help defray the costs of producing this Encyclopedia, clip here:

For information on how to purchase your own copy of the new Games Encyclopedia, visit Christian Camping International, Latin America’s website: www.ccial.org