esmaspäev, august 23, 2004
Images of Camp
Evelyn already gave her view of camp, but there was so much to tell, I wanted to put my two cents--wait, I'm in Estonia; two senti--in as well.
Camp was a real chance to see what could be with the Tartu Corps. It was great to see the young people from the other two corps who are excited about their faith and worked together to build community during those five days. It was especially encouraging to see the Estonian speaking kids and the Russian speaking kids working together. There are a lot of tensions between the two groups in this country, but these young people were a great example of what can be. I often saw the kids who knew both Estonian and Russian translating for those who only knew Russian, and when it came to dance and drama, they blended without the need for language. We really miss those kids and hope that one day soon we will have young people just like them involved in our work here.
There are four boys who were really special for us: David, Riet and Ergo from Tallinn and Anton from Narva. These guys, who range in age from 13-15, were constantly hovering around Peter and wanting to talk with him and hold him. You wouldn't expect that from boys, but they were really enthralled with him. Toward the beginning of the week, Riet was the first one to ask to hold Peter, and after he had him, he turned to David and Ergo and said with a silly grin, "Minu laps" (my kid). Evelyn dubbed each boy as Peter's suur vend (big brother), which they loved, although Evelyn mispronounced "suur" and David helped her until she got it right!
There are so many images I could write about, but I'll use pictures instead. Go to this page for some shots of the camp. If you click on the first picture, you will be able to see it larger and then scroll through the others by clicking on the "next" arrow.
With the new house, we are already dreaming of what may happen here in Tartu and the images we will have in the future. I was so glad for the inspiration these young people provided.
--Tim
Camp was a real chance to see what could be with the Tartu Corps. It was great to see the young people from the other two corps who are excited about their faith and worked together to build community during those five days. It was especially encouraging to see the Estonian speaking kids and the Russian speaking kids working together. There are a lot of tensions between the two groups in this country, but these young people were a great example of what can be. I often saw the kids who knew both Estonian and Russian translating for those who only knew Russian, and when it came to dance and drama, they blended without the need for language. We really miss those kids and hope that one day soon we will have young people just like them involved in our work here.
There are four boys who were really special for us: David, Riet and Ergo from Tallinn and Anton from Narva. These guys, who range in age from 13-15, were constantly hovering around Peter and wanting to talk with him and hold him. You wouldn't expect that from boys, but they were really enthralled with him. Toward the beginning of the week, Riet was the first one to ask to hold Peter, and after he had him, he turned to David and Ergo and said with a silly grin, "Minu laps" (my kid). Evelyn dubbed each boy as Peter's suur vend (big brother), which they loved, although Evelyn mispronounced "suur" and David helped her until she got it right!
There are so many images I could write about, but I'll use pictures instead. Go to this page for some shots of the camp. If you click on the first picture, you will be able to see it larger and then scroll through the others by clicking on the "next" arrow.
With the new house, we are already dreaming of what may happen here in Tartu and the images we will have in the future. I was so glad for the inspiration these young people provided.
--Tim
