We've been home for a little more than two weeks now... And I know it's been a LONG time coming, but here we go... the details of day 4... (and yes, I remember them very well!)
The morning started as usual, with kids arriving and gathering in their groups to color on their large pictures of pirates. Since this holiday club began, the kids have worked on large pictures in their groups each morning, and each year, the pictures are different, going with the theme for the week. Those at IPC may have seen them around before, particularly in the Romper Room where we've displayed them in the past. Here's a picture of some of my kids in my sea shanty group working on our picture.
Counter clockwise from the bottom left: Syzmon, Tanya, Tarren, Lauren, Mirren, Lauren, & Iain (we were missing Jodie & Eden this morning). We were the Shaky Ship Wrecks.
As we came together in a large group in the mornings, each day started with the Portsmouth Dance. The kids really got into it, getting to flail their arms and swing their sashes around in the air.
The Portsmouth Dance ended each day with the kids' favorite part... throwing their sashes into the air as high as they could!
Our friend Jonathan brought the Bible story of Paul & Silas in prison and the conversion of the centurion on guard. I'm pretty sure I got most all of it on video after snapping this quick picture. He really did a phenomenal job. He had the kids attention from the very beginning because he had such a unique way of telling the story. The kids were a part of telling the story because they were the sound effects. There were key words that the kids had different sound effects for and Jonathan made it a point to keep the kids involved in telling the story. It seemed to be a very effective way to tell the story because the kids were able to talk about it in detail in our small groups as we went over the story and the great things that God can do.
The game for the day involved a little bit of thievery... the goal was to be the first group to have twenty gold coins in it's treasure chest. They could pluck coins from the treasure stash in the middle of the room or they could plunder them from another group... Needless to say, there was a lot of plundering going on. Yes, it was organized chaos.
Here's a picture of our dear friend Susan who was the mastermind behind all of the games for the week! She did a great job. (And the only reason I can get away with posting this photo is because she's 3,500 miles away in bonnie Scotland and I'm at home in Memphis... I'll probably get it for this one!)
This was the final afternoon of sports & crafts camp. This was a little different schedule for us this year since it was the first year we had a fourth day, but it was a great one! The turnout for the afternoon camps has been huge this year and it's been such a blessing to be able to spend some more one-on-one time with so many of these kids.
Here are Clare & Eve showing off their final craft for the week.
This is a table of older kids working on their final craft for the week... coloring by numbers. Many of them didn't exactly follow directions. Rather, they put their own touch on things, creating their own color schemes and using it.
The sport for the day was cricket, brought to us by the one and only Ethan Snitch who, along with the other Scots, taught us Americans a little bit about one of their sports.
Ethan, like his brothers & sisters, is very photogenic.
Here's a picture of Bryan with the one and only Donald Angus.
As we were wrapping up, some of the guys got their futbol (soccer ball) out and started playing around. Here's a picture of Jack going straight at Mud who jumped right in to play.
Our fellowship dinners continued as we went to the David & Jean Sutherland's house for dinner and enjoyed a great meal and fellowship with our friends from Smithton. We wrapped up a little early on Thursday which was nice because we were all able to get some much needed rest.
Cheers!
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