It’s hard to believe that this is the last day of English Camp. And what a day it was! We started the morning with “On Top of Spaghetti” to go along with the theme of food. The Bible story focus was Daniel and the Lion’s Den. My group discussion went especially well today. Ivo, Moises, Weslley, and Edi all participated with enthusiasm.
To wrap up the week, everybody made “magic strips” to summarize all four stories and what was learned each day. Each person reflected on their own life and story and how it connected to one of the biblical images or characters. They spent time wrestling with how the would live or act differently in their everyday lives. We played Pictionary, sang songs, and performed skits. Elizabeth gave her testimony, which was well received.
At the end, we had a graduation ceremony where each participant in English Camp received a certificate of completion and one member of the team told how that person had made an impact. Pictures were taken and there were handshakes all around.
Sports included volleyball and four-square. The game of four-square was new to everyone, but was soon a favorite and became quite competitive (a bit of an understatement – these kids are super-competitive). We all had a great time.
When it got dark, Grant, James, Mary, Steve, Phil, Dani, and I took part in the youth’s game of Pilgrim’s Progress. We were characters from the story to help or hinder the quest for the Celestial City. It was amusing to us that they were actually using more English during that game than during camp because they had to ask us questions to get clues. It took them a while but they all finally made it to their destination and finished the game.
Because of the late night, we are posting this on Saturday morning. We only stayed up until about 1:00 a.m., but then the youth started a soccer tournament and finished around 3:45! Today we wrap up the Summer Youth Camp and say our good-byes to the students. Tonight we will go for dinner with the Portuguese leadership team to a great Brazilian style restaurant (think Rio Grill or Samba).
Sheryl, for the rest of the team
Pic #1 - Pictionary (brothers Lucas and Weslley)
Pic #2 - Graduation - Catarina
Pic #3 - Graduating - Ze
Pic #4 - Volleyball (*special thanks to Al & Dotty Warkentine's Growth Group for the net which we will leave here!)
Pic #5 - Foursquare
Pic #6 - Elizabeth sharing her testimony
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