We have had a great time with our camps this summer. We were particularly pleased with our kids' camp (now called Discovery Camp) which took place in late June. We started with 7 children aged between 8 and 12 years old (all Greek)... and, at the count up at the end of camp, they were all still there! That is surely the first sign of a successful camp.The children were full of energy (!) and threw themselves into the games, the swimming pool, one another and just about everything else. We slogged some balls on the 'field of dreams', played dodge-ball and baseball, shared meals and stories together in 'Abraham's tent', had diving competitions into the pool and night-walks in the evenings (which developed into cat and mouse hunts with the aid of walkie talkies - re-living some of Jay's own childhood memories!).
The team - Rachel, Jay, Lynn, Joanna, Thothoris and Tom - did remarkably well and loved their week away with the kids (I speak for us all). Rachel managed to keep hidden the fact that she was three weeks pregnant! Lynn kept an eagle eye on the antics in the pool from the safety of her sun-lounger (reaping the benefits of years of kids' work - so she told us?!). Tom and Thothoris had the kids' up first thing in the morning, running them around the beach to get them as tired as possible before the day began. And Joanna, well Joanna spent hours in the pool being crawled over and jumped on and, when she could, floating around on a bright green doughnut.
I think we need some commendations...
Jason K - best stand up comedian
Michalis - longest strike
Daniel - spider warrior
Konstantinos - most committed dive
Alexia - prettiest girl
Zac - melon massacrer
Jason - super-snorkeller...
... no we can't see him either!
These are the children of the future! We were thrilled to have a week away with these kids. We want to nurture them to become sons and daughters of the Kingdom in the years ahead.
Pray for us and for them.
Jay
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