Camp 3 - Day 3

Today we started the Theme on the Armor of God. It is a little tricky because the theme is based on Believers, and yet many of our kids are hear for the first time, and have never heard bible stories before. So we are trying to stick with the theme and yet have it make sense to the children, who are so new to hearing about Christian things. Today's Sarah started with talking about how the armor, is figurative - not literal. And then she talked about the Belt of Truth. Each Day David acts out a situation without the armor and then again with, to help make it more real for the children.

After this we went to the sea, where we tried to do sand tattoos. However, it was a little tricky because the sand was still a little wet from the previous day's rain. Pray that our kids would enjoy the sea. Some love it very much, but I had one little girl pray tonight that we wouldn't have to go.

This afternoon we did some relay races, and later played a game called the Persecuted Church. The kids love this second game, which basically is organized chaos of kids running around with papers designed to look like bibles and secret police trying to take them away from them. This evening we did a aquarium craft, which took longer than expected but the kids liked.

Please pray for the children's health. In my group one girl went home with a high temperature, and another isn't feeling well. Also pray for the kids to eat well, we have a few who don't eat much, and one who will not eat anything that is not his mama's food...which means he hasn't eaten much of anything yet. Also pray that the ward 1 boys (oldest boys) find their niche and enjoy themselves. They do not participate in anything except football (soccer) and basket ball. They feel that camp is "childish" Which maybe a little true as we are trying to teach a group that is 7 to 14. I asked their counselor if we should be doing something different for them, like a side program...she said no. So instead we will just pray for them to still be learning about God and enjoying themselves at least a little :o)