Day 2!

Day two has come and gone already, leaving us many memories to cherish forever! After breakfast, our day started with the first Bible lesson of the week. The children learned about The Creation Story and were introduced to The Fruit of the Spirit (Galations 5:22-23). The children learned about how God knows and created all of them, and even got to meet God, thanks to our very own Bob Baker (who dressed up in a sheet and golden crown of pipe cleaners, playing God).
After the Bible lesson the children headed down to the Sea to play on the beach and go swimming. Some children played catch with beach balls and built sand castles in the sand, while others enjoyed splashing all the team members in the water. The temperature was perfect and the sun was shining continuously, God blessed us with a beautiful day for swimming! After all the children dried off and headed back to camp, everyone got ready for lunch. Since it was Jenya's birthday, all the children and team members sang him Happy Birthday, and then the team members enjoyed cake later on in the day.
At 4:00 the daily activities started where the children have some time to explore different centers set up around the camp. They could play Basketball, Table Tennis, play the Recorder, get their hair and nails done, or make friendship bracelets. All the centers were popular, however, when Matt and Sergei put their hair in dozens of pony tails and then topped them off with feathers, it was probably the highlight of the afternoon.
After dinner the children partook in craft time, where they decorated bags that they would get to keep all their things in and take home with them. Several of the children asked the team members to sign their bags as a keepsake. After the craft, the Bible Ceremony was held, where all the children where given their very own Bibles. It was an emotional moment seeing children get so excited to learn about the word of God. Lastly, the children were tucked safely into bed and read stories from their new Bibles. Day two was an eventful and blessed day by the grace of God, and we hope to have just as good of a day tomorrow!