Kids Camp 2014!!!

So blessed to be able to impact the kids again through our annual Kids Camp 2014. It took place during the summer school vacation in August and we had a number of participants from sister congregations and our community. It was a great time of encouraging and unpacking what it means to "Love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength"…Mk 12:30. We had a great group of teachers, volunteers, and campers! Enjoy the pictures

All the campers making t-shirts

Zion and Havilah were happy to be part of everything even though they were too young to be official campers :)

Lesson times - Loving God with all our heart
George Owusu returned from Cameroon for a few months and was one of our many wonderful volunteer helpers for the camp
Had Mr Hostetter teach on Loving God with all your strength

Feats of strength competition was popular among the kids
And also hilarious
and got the point across
Memory work time

What a delight to see all those kids with open Bibles as they dove into the Word each day

Everyone enjoying the new carpet ball table Mrs. H had made 
Sporting t-shirts sent by some cool kids in VA
Recreation Time!!!
At the pool
On the field
 
Giant soccer ball game
On the court

Music time

Wednesday night Bible study with the campers

What a great helper! Washing dishes for the cooks
What's cooking, Miss Abiba? 
Yummmm!  Fried yam with pepper and fish!

A lady from Denmark volunteered to do a clown show for the kids one day! 
Look what I got!
                                              Building teamwork! A human motorcycle :)
"Wake up, big brother!  You aren't tired out from a busy week of camp, are you???"
That was fun!  Let's do it again next year!!!
 We praise God for the opportunity to organize and host this faith-building camp for kids and hope God works it all out for us to do the same next year!  Let us know if you are interested in helping sponsor or come volunteer to help with camp next August!



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