Teen camp in Rosiori was our last camp of the year and we definitely saved the best for last! Around 30 young adults showed up for our five day camp and we had such a great time.
We started off each morning with some fun icebreaker games. We played some games from the TV show "Silent Library," where there were six volunteers and the one who gets the skull and crossbones card has to do a challenge. The funniest one was where one of the boys had to hold a balloon under his shirt while it was being pumped up so big that it popped.
We played other fun games like Birdie on a Perch, where partners have to find each other and one person sits on the other's knee when the music stops. The last one to make it is out and it goes until there is just one pair left.
After the games we worshiped God through singing.
It was great to hear the kids singing praises to God!
After singing we talked about how we can relate to God and live for him. The messages were centered around personal stories and also stories of famous sports players that the kids could relate to. Here I was demonstrating the difference between love and anger in our lives and how they affect our relationship with God.
After the message we played some big group games outside like ultimate frisbee...
...dodgeball, basketball, and lots of other fun games.
Then we broke up into guys and girls, the guy played in a soccer tournament...
...and the girls played games on the X-Box Kinect like "Just Dance."
At one point all of the girls in the room started dancing with the game even though there were only a few actually playing!
Each evening we had a hangout time at the local stadium where we played games and spent time together. This was an unstructured time that was really nice because we were able to get to know the kids a lot better by just spending time with them.
At the end of camp we had swim parties in small groups, fun as usual.
After this camp was over we had such a good feeling about how it went and we were sad that it was over so fast. We feel like God really worked here, which is something that we have all been praying for a long time. We had great turn out, many of the kids that came don't normally come to our programs so it was nice to get to know them. The kids had a great time and especially when we were singing and talking about God they seemed to be really soaking it in. Everything went so smoothly with the kids and hearing them laugh and have fun was great. Please continue to pray that the work God started here will continue in their lives. Pray that they will be involved in our normal programs that will start back up this fall. Most of all, thank God for what he did here and for working in mighty ways in these kids' lives.
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looks like some nice times for the kids! praying for you all!
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