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This year's Youth Camp for older teens was held in the village of Akokoaso! We had about 20 campers from all over Ghana and Togo. The theme of the camp was "Warriors For Christ"!  We had great teaching from a variety of men, had fun and challenging activities, camp fires, etc.  We had a true village experience as Akokoaso has no running water or electricity and we topped off all the warrior challenges with a hike to a mountain in a nearby village. It was a long 4 hour hike led by Mr. Jeff Hostetter and a local camper as guide. We had a great team of volunteers from the church who helped everything to be a success. It was encouraging to see many develop their French abilities just to help communicate with our francophone Togo campers. The Hike begins Almost at the top of the mountain Happy to be victorious Hikers!  Though some cried, some were carried, all fell several times, and most were exhausted; we were all strengthened in our character through this chall

In August 2013, we had the first kids camp we've ever had. The age range was from 10 to 14. It was held in Kumasi, but we had participants from all over the country. It was great and exciting! The theme was "Bible Basics Bootcamp". We gave an overview of the Patriarchal Age, the Mosaic Age, and also the Christian Age. We also had lots of skits, Bible videos, activities and crafts, and also great recreation! Walking to the near-by university for recreation time Craft time - making the tabernacle out of playdough Lesson time with Mrs. Melissa teaching Busily working on memorizing verses Recreation time! Team challenges! KP duty with happy volunteers Music time! Volunteers cooking for the 50+ campers in our "ultra-modern" outdoor "kitchen"! :) Fun at the university pool - a first ever experience for many of these kids! Group picture! The Camp was a great opportunity for our youth in the church to serve as

    A highlight of our summer was being blessed to have Ivy Brothers, Melissa Lewis, and Tiffany Moore come visit us from the US! I went down to Accra to meet them at the airport. We spent the night in Accra and visited two families in the Church there. In Accra with my sister's family and our three visitors As soon as we arrived in Kumasi, we had an hour to get ready and then it was time for the first annual closing program for the Daycare which my wife had helped the children and teachers prepare for. The youngest children in the Daycare with Teacher Cynthia and assistant Miss Blessing Teacher Cynthia leading some of her students Teacher Margaret leading her kids Jessica leading her students Showcasing the amazing work that these 4-6 year-olds have accomplished in the year This daycare was begun with the purpose of meeting a need in the community (although we believe it is best when mothers can care for their own children we realize that many don'

Very shortly after finishing up the school year, we had our annual VBS (Vacation Bible School) week!    We are the only congregation in this neighborhood (probably even in this whole city of over 1.5 million people) that has a VBS each year.  That's because VBS is for KIDS!  Most do not care about the kids - after all, what resources do kids have to offer to the church?  But in Christ's Church we DO CARE about the kids!  Their souls are just as precious and valuable as adults and we want them to know that Jesus loves them and wants to spend eternity with them.  So we just put a banner outside the building and approximately 200 children from the neighborhood come to hear a Bible story, play some games, watch a Bible video, sing Bible songs, eat a snack, and make a Bible craft!  Everyone in the Church (especially those in their teens and early 20's) works together so well to make this week successful. This year we were very blessed and excited to have Jonny and Jenni Reijg

The last month of the school year, June, held some very fun and special times!  We have an annual costume day for all the staff and students to use their imagination in creating a costume from scratch and  wearing it to school on Costume Day!  The theme for this year was "SuperHeroes" and our family decided to be the Incredibles.  Our kids had never seen the movie so we let them watch a few scenes from it and Zion was excited to be Dash while Havilah got to be Violet.   Nile was the baby, Jack Jack :) Some of the students in their homemade costumes... Another annual fun day is Field Day!  After a hard year's work in school, we take the students to the Botanical Gardens on the University campus to enjoy a snack and games in the grass. Foot races at the end of the day Group picture!  How many kids can you count in the tree? :) Quoting Scripture verses from memory during Awards Night With the three high school graduates, Christiana, Alima, a