reede, august 19, 2005
Backyard Bible Blast, Day 5
We finished the week with a bang! It was a gorgeous, sunny day and we had 15 children--eight of them for the first time. That means over the five days we had contact with around 30 children, which we are truly thankful to God for.
The Mission Team was ready for a crowd this time, and the games and activities went very well. The kids enjoyed everything and wanted to do more. When we told them that we are beginning regular children's activities in two weeks, many of them seemed genuinely interested. I feel certain that some of these children will be the foundation of our youth programs.
We had seven teenage helpers this week: Five from the Mission Team and two from Tartu. When everything ended, it was like the end of camp. The Kristal and Sarah from Tallinn left with their corps officers, Majors Phil and Susan Wittenberg amid tears and hugs. Then we drove Liis and Maret (our Tartu helpers) home and there were more hugs as they said goodbye to Julia and Veronika from Narva, who we will take home on Sunday when we do the meetings at the corps there. And we got to keep our other big helper, Chris.
This week was a lot of hard work, but now the real work begins. We have begun relationships with these children that we want to continue. We want The Salvation Army to be a place where they feel they can go to experience God's love. Please pray that we will be faithful in our follow up.
--Tim
The Mission Team was ready for a crowd this time, and the games and activities went very well. The kids enjoyed everything and wanted to do more. When we told them that we are beginning regular children's activities in two weeks, many of them seemed genuinely interested. I feel certain that some of these children will be the foundation of our youth programs.
We had seven teenage helpers this week: Five from the Mission Team and two from Tartu. When everything ended, it was like the end of camp. The Kristal and Sarah from Tallinn left with their corps officers, Majors Phil and Susan Wittenberg amid tears and hugs. Then we drove Liis and Maret (our Tartu helpers) home and there were more hugs as they said goodbye to Julia and Veronika from Narva, who we will take home on Sunday when we do the meetings at the corps there. And we got to keep our other big helper, Chris.
This week was a lot of hard work, but now the real work begins. We have begun relationships with these children that we want to continue. We want The Salvation Army to be a place where they feel they can go to experience God's love. Please pray that we will be faithful in our follow up.
--Tim
