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Heat and Happiness
Small gentle taps on the glass are heard followed by a wave and a big smile from the child behind the door as he met the teacher’s eyes. The teacher moves to the door to let him in. He is excited for the summer camp. For the last four weeks 30 kids have been coming to our center in Ashrafieh for summer day camp. It’s been a time of painting, creating, learning and getting nice and sweaty in the August heat.
Even in this small amount of time we have seen changes in the kids. Roger and his sister Luna when they started were fighting all the time. During the first week there were teamwork activities that made them work together instead of fight and now they offer help to each other and act like friends.
Marc (age 5) when the camp began was very shy and struggled to even ask for help from teachers. Over the couple weeks he has opened and beginning to interact and is unafraid to ask for what he needs.
During summer camp, the kids enjoyed Bible study. Some already knew some about the bible, while others were discovering new things and became excited to know more about Jesus. The teachers captured the children’s attention with fun activities during the sessions, helping them to understand and become excited about the bible.
The sessions were filled with happiness and helped the kids to focus more on the importance of faith in their life.
Each day was spent pouring into the lives of these children. Seeing the beauty of who God has created them to be and pushing and challenging them to continue to grow. Though the summer heat makes an exhausted team it is a sweet tired of knowing that you have seen a change in lives and planted seeds for the future.
