Multi-sport camp

Today, around 160 kids arrived at the Zakosciele camp. 50 of those kids were ones who stayed from last week's camp. Apparently there are a lot more boys than girls. This means that I'll be helping with some "clubs" for some girls. You may ask, "Why would a kid come to a week of camp if it's focused activities were sports and they didn't even care for sports?" Well, the answer is that many parents may send their child to camp because it works with "their" schedule...say like vacation without the children?!! You are always prepared for "plan b". That's where I can come in and help. Josh will be busy teaching kids American baseball and helping the church from Sacramento, CA with all the other sports. I think some of the clubs we'll offer for kids who don't want to do the sport thing will be English, stamping, crafts, drama, choir... etc. I obviously don't have the talent for all of those, so I'll just help with the ones that I can! Kaylor and Lauren will be my side kicks... or they'll be Josh's as they enjoyed watching him play ultimate frisbee today.

The girls had a great night of sleep and we even had to wake them up to get up and eat breakfast. Then we left for Tomascow for church. Tomascow is the town near the camp (about a 15 minute drive) and proEm ministries successfully planted a church there through a community center which offered English classes (now a language center), sports outreach and something of a coffee/computer house. I can't remember how many years (maybe 3-5?), but will try and confirm it tomorrow. It's very exciting to see this ministry grow. They started a Christian pre-school which is a huge attraction because they teach not only the Bible in their curriculum but English as well. If you didn't know that English is the global language, you know now, so having English speakers from America (some interns from churches in America) are a huge draw for families and individuals. It's so cool to see God use something so simple as language to draw them to Himself. This fall they'll be offering 1st grade.... so this is an actual private Christian school that they've been able to develop.

I think some of us other Americans who are here (there's another family from Kansas City) will offer a class time for the children during worship service at the church on Sunday's. They don't offer a class for them during the summer, but with two families (with kids!) and another American gal (who traveled with us from Westside Christian Church), I think we can swing something together. We'll rotate as well, so we'll have some worship time with the Tomy church, too.

If you have any questions for us or for the girls (like their favorite thing they've been doing so far or food, etc. just post a comment and we'll answer them for you!) So far Lauren seems to be adjusting to the change in food more so than Kaylor. She seems to wait until the snack shack is open. We're working on that one!!!!

Hope all is well. Sorry again for no Scripture, I'm still working on getting a list from back home!! Blessings to all!