Start off with some energizers to get the kids pumped up like HEY BURRITO, a dance to audio adrenaline, the shark song. Then we played a few games. The youth group that came through to help us this week put a skit about the Bible story they would be learning about that day and then the campers would break up into their small groups and go over questions.
Next its time for Bible study and response time. The kids really enjoyed this part of the day, praise the Lord! The theme of Summer Fun this year was the big redemption story. We took the kids through the story of creation, the fall of man, Abraham and Isaac, Moses and the passover, and we ended with Jesus. Through these stories our goal was to show how God's plan from the beginning was to have a perfect relationship of friendship with us and that everything He has done has pointed to Jesus. The kids went through rotations of hearing the Bible study, then they were able to learn the Bible study in different ways that kids learn such as logic response, visual response, and kinesthetic response. The logic response was filled with awesome science experiences and putting things in chronological order. The visual was making arts and crafts that told the story and the kinesthetic was learning the Bible verse by moving. It was so cool to use the things I've learned in school out in the real world :)
Then kids would go to recreation, snack time, and then everyone was off to the small group challenge. We played a non related game to the Bible study and a game related to the Bible study. Then the kids broke up into the small groups and went over worksheets together that went along with the Bible story and salvation.
After that, LUNCH time! Then we broke up into the elective activities where they chose Marine Biology, Bracelet making, Ultimate Extreme Sports, or Movie Madness. Movie Madness was where they watched a movie clip from a movie such as Peter Pan and then talked about how it related to the Bible. That was the creativity from the UABC youth group!
Then it was off to afternoon rotations which included indoor games, Life Stuff with Auntie Sandra, and Missions. Life stuff was about how you take the stories we learned about and put it into our lives. Auntie Sandra shared her testimony and talked about heaven one day. It was really cool to see how God spoke through her! Missions was led by the UABC youth group and they talked about water in different countries and how its not clean.
Then closing ceremony with trivia questions. Then we sent the kids home and they came back the next day! The last day though was a fun filled day to Wet n Wild Hawaii! The kids LOVED going to the water park and had SO much fun! I'm really going to miss seeing those kids next week but I'm excited for the next group to come in :)
My favorite part of summer fun is a part that you can't see. We have every hour of summer fun being prayed for by members at the church. each 30 minutes, a different person is praying for the campers, volunteers, and that we are glorifying Him. We can see such a difference in the kids attitudes, behavior and even that their were only TWO minor accidents in one week. Praise the Lord! We pray that God uses each of us to reach the kids and to bring all the praise to Him. Prayer is so big and I'm so thankful for those praying each day! The kids really seemed to learn so much and were able to have lots of conversations about who Jesus one on one with the campers. Thank you so much for praying! Pray this week for our K-3 grade Summer Fun camp, that the campers will really understand the Bible stories and see the big redemption story we have set out. Also, that they will see how much God loves us and desires a friendship with each of us :)
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