Summer Day Camp - Another year is in the books of "You ain't hype!" chants, bandages, paint-stained stables, smiles, sticky snack fingers, and all around God glorifying work. When you spend all day every day over six or seven weeks with the same kids, you get attached, and they get attached. I hope and pray that we see many of those kids again in some form, anything from signing up for our two:fiftytwo After School Program to waving to us on the street years in the future remembering fondly this summer they had.
A few highlights for me include:
-the 10-12 year olds removing rotten wood from our picnic tables, screwing in new boards, and painting them to look brand new.
-the joy on Max's face the first time he hit a bowling pin with a football during Challenge Circle (if you know, you know)
-noticing that for independent reading time, some students requested Bibles to read
-teaching so many kids and counselors how to play four square and them taking over the rest of summer.
-Zoo field trip!!!!!
BLOCK Middle and High School Program - Although we haven't been meeting our regular once a week like during the school year, we've gotten together a few times this summer and focused on just having fun. A planned Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp baseball game got rained out, so we went to see the new Spiderverse movie. Our planned beach trip got rained out, so we went to Dave & Busters instead. The past couple years have been a small group of kids, but I'm excited to have more kids signed up this year and I pray that they not only would actually show up in a couple weeks, but that they'd stay and continue to be regulars. Please pray that God would prepared the kids' hearts to learn and grow, and also that He'd provide the program with more adult volunteers. One key volunteer last year became a mom again recently so there is a hole that needs to be filled.
School begins next week, and as a father, I can tell you that I'm a little on edge that Max in changing schools. I hope it's a good fit for him, but more importantly, I hope he adapts quickly and doesn't get traumatized by this big change. Please enjoy the following pictures from the past few weeks.
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| Bible station, asked kids to draw what they learned this summer |
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| Dave & Busters with BLOCK |
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| Action Day with Mayo Clinic and church members, built a new garden bed |
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| Max feeding Naomi the giraffe |
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| The 5-7 year olds rehearsing This Little Light of Mine |
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| We get to pet sting rays at the Jacksonville Zoo |
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| Fellas working hard at constructing and destructing picnic tables |
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| Train ride at the zoo! |
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| The crew |
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