Summer Camp Alexandria Girls School

We started summer camp in the beginning of July and now we are nearly half way through it.  It is going incredibly fast.  Our first group of kids were the girls from the special school in Alexandria.  We usually only see these girls at camp and at Christmas but we are still really attached to them.

For camp this year we are using the "Kingdom Rock" VBS curriculum.  We started off each day with a skit and some singing.

After the opening ceremonies we divided up into groups and went to some different stations.  There was a Bible station where the kids learned about the story of the day and was also a games station.

I headed up the imagination station, where we imagined being in God's kingdom and did fun experiments and crafts that were related to the day's lesson.

We played with a corn starch and water mixture to see that it was a liquid normally but a solid if you put pressure on it.  It was related to standing strong with God because he gives us strength.

We also did fun crafts like making crowns...

...and painting on papers that were colored with white crayons to see the coloring appear.

Rebecca headed up the missions station, there the kids learned about other children around the world who are also in need of help.  They made several different things to send the kids, like these purses...

...here is Giana proudly showing hers off.

They also made cards for the other kids...

...and bracelets too.

We had some play time too where we did some crafts and we finally broke down and let Ionela played the piano.

Camp went great thanks to our volunteers and interns helping us and a great curriculum.  God really blessed the girls and they had a great time.  There were some logistical issues but we got through them and tried to focus on helping these kids to have a good time and to learn about God.  Even though we only see these girls a couple times a year we quickly form bonds with them that last.  We have known some of them since our first summer camp in 2008!

Thank you for all of your prayers for these summer camps, please keep them coming!  We are very busy and it is easy to get tired so we need special energy and endurance to finish this well.  We can only make it with Gods help!