teisipäev, juuli 12, 2005
Camp!
We are back from camp! We had a wonderful week at Junior Soldier/Music Camp. We were responsible for the Junior Soldier portions and our regional commanders, Majors Derek and Helen Tyrrell, were responsible for the music part. It was great fun and the kids really threw themselves into the camp.
Much of what Evelyn and I did with the kids was basic Junior Soldier prep stuff and Bible study, but Evelyn had been planning this for a while, so there were lots of good activities for the kids, like teams competing with big maps on the wall to see which will be first to fill in all 109 countries where the Army works. The music part went well also. It was especially touching to see this group of young Russian-speaking boys who were as rambunctious as kids that age tend to get, but then they sang together and transformed into little angels!
It is always wonderful to be at the Army's camp in Loksa. It is two blocks from the Gulf of Finland, so each afternoon we all went swimming. The weather cooperated wonderfully; we only had rain one morning and the rest of the time it was sunny and warm, so we often had classes outside.
What was most encouraging was that these kids really took seriously the things we discussed about God, faith and the Army. I think they will take the things they learned back to their corps and we will have a stronger Army in Estonia because of them.
Thank you for your prayers during the week. Like all camps, things didn't always go as planned, but God was working nonetheless. Thanks for being our partners while we were there.
--Tim
Much of what Evelyn and I did with the kids was basic Junior Soldier prep stuff and Bible study, but Evelyn had been planning this for a while, so there were lots of good activities for the kids, like teams competing with big maps on the wall to see which will be first to fill in all 109 countries where the Army works. The music part went well also. It was especially touching to see this group of young Russian-speaking boys who were as rambunctious as kids that age tend to get, but then they sang together and transformed into little angels!
It is always wonderful to be at the Army's camp in Loksa. It is two blocks from the Gulf of Finland, so each afternoon we all went swimming. The weather cooperated wonderfully; we only had rain one morning and the rest of the time it was sunny and warm, so we often had classes outside.
What was most encouraging was that these kids really took seriously the things we discussed about God, faith and the Army. I think they will take the things they learned back to their corps and we will have a stronger Army in Estonia because of them.
Thank you for your prayers during the week. Like all camps, things didn't always go as planned, but God was working nonetheless. Thanks for being our partners while we were there.
--Tim
