Break time

This title has a double meaning. One, the post. Two, I'm going to take a break to let people catch up if they would like and to see how much interest there really is.

So, break time. The time between. This can be viewed as the time between activities, between groups, after the camp, the meals together, the night's rest. Break time is what you make of it. But the time between groups gave Michelle and I a second to breathe and to think, "what were we doing again?". I really got lost while playing. The kids are just like here: hard core players, ready to take the win! :D Makes me glad. While the groups arrived, we would try to remember faces and names. If the name was Tanya, Anya, Sergiy, or Sasha, you were likely to remember, as these are VERY popular names over in the Ukraine. Breaks weren't there to sit back and relax, but to do unplanned things, like talk to the kids, toss a frisby, prepare our thoughts, get materials, get to know each other, and so much more. I really learnt something there.

--Scott

(I'll still be checking, not sure how long a break though)

First Day of camp/Game

So, I'll let food drop for now, but I'll come back to it later.
One Monday, our first day of camp, we arrived late, by about 5 or ten minutes, the children did not seem to mind anyways, the perhaps 40 kids in a very large room (you would have thought 20). So it was alright, we got things ready and things went smoothly. As I was one of the two Games leaders, this is what I will talk about for the time being. The theme was on how God guides us and how he leads us. So, since God is our mighty shepherd and we are his simple minded sheep, we played a game of sheep and wolves. Not all the groups understood and the little boys only wanted to play soccer. But it was still played to the best of their knowledge. The rules were these:
--Version one: Wolf or Wolves=one or two people Sheep=everyone else. Wolves have soccer ball and try to kick it at the sheep, if a sheep is hit, it becomes a wolf. Last one standing idea.
--Version two: The same, but there is one Shepherd. The Shepherd could free the wolves into sheep. Which ever team had everyone on their side one (therefor everyone wins, except the Shepherd if the wolves win).

It was nice, but we quickly understood that a game that might seem simple to us was a little more complex, especially after being translated through people who didn't quite understand either. So we played a little then we played soccer or frisbee.

--Scott