Already half-way through week 2. It's been a good week so far. We had 22 kids yesterday with a fantastic bunch of church volunteers that I especially appreciate with this energetic group.
The beautiful thing about these kids is they haven't quite decided who they are yet. I see a lot of behavior that seems contradictory to me. A boy who one minute tells me, "You sound just like our teacher at school: 'blah blah blah, be respectful, blah blah blah,'" the next minute is showing great maturity helping the girls next to him with their crossword, and later asks if he can have extras of the blessings cookies craft (fortune cookies with encouragement inside) to take home to his family. Another boy, who seemed to spend most of his morning up out of his chair wandering around, trying to climb the pole, or otherwise finding something he shouldn't be doing, was the one who volunteered to pray at lunch-and did a fine job. A third boy who usually requires several reminders to listen and quite hitting his brother also brings his own Bible and wants to know what the passage is for the day so he can mark it. And I am constantly amazed at how quickly lots the kids can pick up the Bible memory verse and remember details from the story.
Next project? Getting these kids to JOY camp! :-)
It sounds like you have a great group of kids! Enjoy:)
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