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| Camper showing off his new threads! |
Each year the people who do one of ACF's Vacation Bible School camps in the Carpathian Mountains of north-central Romania always have the same response. AMAZING!
This team was no different. The teams cannot comprehend the difference they can make into a child's life until they are there and get a chance to spend some time with these children. These kids need, want and desire to have the undivided attention of a person who really cares for them. This is what teams that travel with ACF are able to do.
And what is that? The teams are able to bring Hope to these children by simply being the hands and feet of Jesus. Below is a recap of the teams first day with the kids. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
What a day! The kids arrived form Point of Hope around 1:30 and it was non-stop from then. We welcomed them and our youth were so happy to meet them! After lunch we started our VBS schedule/rotations. The kids got to decorate canvas tote bags, played a trust game (blindfolded and walk a maze while receiving directions), learned a singing prayer we learned from our friends in Chicago, and had a Bible lesson of "God is Love". We played many group activities and enjoyed getting to know the kids. We had the kids pick out 2 tops and 2 bottoms and still had a huge amount of clothing left. We will probably handout more clothes later in the week and send the rest back to Point of Hope! It was amazing seeing the kids show off their new clothes. They are so appreciative of everything! After dinner we watched "Wall-E". After we all headed to bed, which sleep was easy to come. All of our youth are exhausted but extremely excited to start Day 2.
This team was no different. The teams cannot comprehend the difference they can make into a child's life until they are there and get a chance to spend some time with these children. These kids need, want and desire to have the undivided attention of a person who really cares for them. This is what teams that travel with ACF are able to do.
And what is that? The teams are able to bring Hope to these children by simply being the hands and feet of Jesus. Below is a recap of the teams first day with the kids. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
What a day! The kids arrived form Point of Hope around 1:30 and it was non-stop from then. We welcomed them and our youth were so happy to meet them! After lunch we started our VBS schedule/rotations. The kids got to decorate canvas tote bags, played a trust game (blindfolded and walk a maze while receiving directions), learned a singing prayer we learned from our friends in Chicago, and had a Bible lesson of "God is Love". We played many group activities and enjoyed getting to know the kids. We had the kids pick out 2 tops and 2 bottoms and still had a huge amount of clothing left. We will probably handout more clothes later in the week and send the rest back to Point of Hope! It was amazing seeing the kids show off their new clothes. They are so appreciative of everything! After dinner we watched "Wall-E". After we all headed to bed, which sleep was easy to come. All of our youth are exhausted but extremely excited to start Day 2.
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| Piles of clothes waiting to be distributed! |
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| A beautiful canvas bag fully decorated! |
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