News from Belarus — Summer Camps 2009
September 14, 2009
Here is news from Alesya Kuleshova, staff member with Spring of Revival:
This summer 215 children participated in summer camps in Belarus and Latvia.
I and a few other volunteers were counselors in Christian camp in Latvia. There were two sessions: one for younger kids and one for older kids.
Each session lasted for 12 days. There were 63 children participating in each. There were children from different background: foster children, children from families with many children, children from poor families that cannot afford to go camps.
The program was full of different events. Every day there were so many interesting games and things to do. Also we had a Bible lesson and service every day.
There were three excursions during this trip. One day all the children went to the Baltic Sea were they had a really nice time and some of the children saw sea for the first time in their lives.
The other trip was to Riga the capital of Latvia. It was a very nice city to see. And the last trip was to the big Zoo in Riga where the children saw many different animals.
At the end of the camp the children were given an opportunity to accept Jesus as their Savior and almost all of them answered that call. And even children who knew Jesus before stepped out to renew their relationship with God. That was a really awesome camp and no one wanted to go home.
Another camps were Military base camp for Stankovo kids and Tent camp for Slutsk kids. SOR paid for children to go to those camps.
I got to visit both of them and spent time with the kids. Forty five children from Stankovo orphanage spent 40 days at the military base. It’s a true army base, and it was very good for the kids, as most of them are boys. Every day they had a very strict curriculum. They had some training like real soldiers have and the meals were the same too.
The camp was situated in a very clean area of Belarus, surrounded by woods. And it’s the main base of the country for training guard dogs. Twice a day for several hours’ children spent time with the dogs: walking with them, playing and helping to train them. The children became really good friends with the dogs. Children really liked that. This camp was a really good life experience for them.
Related posts:
- Life and Service in Belarus
- More Camp News
- News from Belarus
- News from Spring of Revival
- Blessed in Belarus
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