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Campamento de los Artes – Art/Music/Drama Camp

Published on August 3, 2011 by in Uncategorized

A 25 member team from Church of the Living Christ, Loysville, PA came ready for a week of bathroom construction in the mornings and children’s camp in the afternoons. To say that the team had to practice flexibility  is an understatement.

Can you imagine the excitement of my children when they saw the huge mural they were going to paint?  Laura Shambaugh, daughter of the group leader, designed this mural from pictures of village children she had taken on a trip to Cercadillo four years ago.

Regretfully, the daily thunderstorms made it necessary to call off camp early each afternoon and prevented the murals from being finished.  I’ll post pictures when the murals are completed.

My children LOVE music! Each day they were exposed to new songs with guitars and drums – a real treat because we usually only have recorded music.  Also, each day the children made a musical instrument.   Pictured above is the kazoo-like instrument they made with combs.  Who knew so much fun could be had with a cheap comb and a little waxed paper?

Each day members of the PA team presented a puppet show related to the day’s theme and then the children had a chance to experiment with little animal puppets . . . and a good time was had by all!

Stay tuned for pictures of the completed bathrooms and cement path at the ministry site. Two of our Dominican helpers, Alberto and Rhadames are trying to finish the projects this week, but the continual rain and now approaching tropical storm have made it difficult.

Thanks again, CLC Crew, for your advanced preparation, your hard work during the week and your flexibility when it seemed we needed to resort to plan Q!

 
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Last Week’s Bible Camp

Published on July 7, 2011 by in Uncategorized

With the help of

  • 11 women from Cercadillo
  • 2 women and 2 teenage girls from West Newburyport, Massachusetts
  • 4 Dominicans from Villa Mella (the area where I live)
  • and Jessica, our-ever-returning intern from Iowa,

we had an incredible week of Vacation Bible School/Bible Camp!

I was especially proud of our eleven women from Cercadillo who served as team captains.  Before the camp began they learned the new songs, participated in discussions concerning behavioral management, overall camp purposes and logistics.

During the week they cheered their teams during sports. . .

helped with crafts . . .

and encouraged their teams to learn the daily memory verse.

Let me just be honest and say that I was feeling a little panicky before camp because several people I had hoped were going to be helping us were not able to do so.   The “Four Dominicans from Villa Mella” absolutely saved the day with their bubbly personalities and their dynamic leadership styles.  I loved watching my boys watching Luis whether he was teaching a lesson or directing the sports activities that day.  Geisha was always ready to help out wherever she was needed.  Brigida has definitely become my right hand.  And Claudia. . .well, let’s just say I’ve never seen kids anywhere respond to music with as much enthusiasm as they did with her.

 

Brigida, Claudia, Luis and Geisha at our celebration dinner.

The Americans (Martha, Erin, Rebecca, Tayla) came with great crafts and flexible spirits.  What a wonderful combination!

And Jessica . . . well, she will be sorely missed when she leaves the DR next Monday after a month of very diligent service here!

It was almost as if someone had hand-picked some of the finest for our staff for the week.  Actually, I KNOW that Someone did, and I’m so greatful!

“God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with Him.” – Jim Elliot

 

 
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