Saying goodbye...

Beautiful sunset...

Boats are empty now...

Last days at the camp...

Some girls even cried...

Hope to see you guys again!

Getting on the bus to Russia...

Please, meet more of our helpers and visitors, that came to serve the orphans with their love, prayers, finances ...

Olga helped at the kitchen, Kirsi was one of the group leaders...

Jim and Marietta from California were visiting with us for a few days

Finnish sauna with signs in Russian...

Miika and Ira visited us with their baby...

and Ira led worship for the evening meeting!

Mark (on the left) was praying for kids a lot and teaching from the Word.

Jukka (on the right) brought very good ice-cream and fed the whole camp with it!

Roma had fun learning some new words in English...

Enjoy more pictures!

Our camp is over but we would like to share some more fun pictures!

One more day at the Ark!

It's fun to read the Bible!

Ready to get in the boat!

Go, go, go!!! Nice weather for games!

Boats are fun!

We have great helpers!

We like to play and draw!

Girls' group is showing a skit about the rich man and Lasarus.

Time for games. This is the best art work of the night!

Sing with us!

Greetings!

Lauren, our journalist, returned back to California but we will continue to give you the updates on the Ark 2008-2!

Please, meet some of us who are here at the Ark during the second term!

Presentation of the youngest boy's group at the first evening meeting of the second term!

Dima is a group leader from Saint Petersburg. Boys are from Karelia and St. Petersburg region.

Lena, our chef in the kitchen

Our boys' group leaders Vladimir and Konstantin

Off to a New Start

Hello Readers!
Last night our second camp started with a different group of kids arriving along with many more helpers and leaders. The buses arrived just in time for dinner. We welcomed them, put the children in their groups and rooms and headed off to our evening devotion! There we learned that our new theme for the camp will be the Lord's Prayer. We will take this prayer apart and learn what each statement means and how to apply this to our own lives. We want the kids to realize that God is a loving Father who wishes to give us every good and perfect gift. The only requirement is our repentance and submission. It was a blessing to see how the groups of kids are getting along and working together. The staff here would just like to ask all of you for your prayers. We need wisdom to know the way in which we should walk. We want to be examples of the God whose love never ends! Please pray for the lives of these children, that there would be a change and that they would receive eternal life. Please pray for provisions for this camp. We know that God owns everything and will supply all our needs. Thank you so much for your prayers!

Here are some pictures from our new camp!!!

Here we are welcoming our new campers!!!

...luckily he didn't scare the new kids away!

Our little boy's group with their wonderful helper!
(just so you know, he is yawning, not yelling)

Awaiting the new arrivals!

Our first staff meeting for the second camp!

Some of our new leaders and helpers.

We are thankful for our new worship team!

Playing the name game

Girl's Group #2 getting to know one another

Rufina and Katja, still sleepy

The girls getting to read their new Bibles

Boy's Group #1

Our First Camp Has Ended!

Hello Everyone!
With some of our kids packing up and going back home, today was the official last day of our first camp. It was a sad morning as about 15 of our children and some leaders left today, but since most of the children are staying for the second camp also, we did not have very much time to mourn. Right away the leaders started getting together and making plans as to how to keep these children busy during the down time. It was so amazing to see the Lord work in the lives of these kids. Some of the changes were visible, but some were not, yet we know that God is going to continue working. Please continue to pray for the children and also for us as leaders. So, we are up and running again but did take out some time to fill you in on what events took place the last couple days of our camp!


...Jumped in the lake!

Viewed some artists at work!

At any sporting event we cheered for our teams!!!

We played volleyball in a very unique way!

We enjoyed some great dramas from different teams.

We were able to play football in the rain and wearing funny clothes!

One of our group leaders, showing the rest how it's done!

He had much fun playing in a skirt!

This was an exhibit that some of the kids were able to place their artwork in.

The boys had no problem eating all their cake!!!

Our last tea together!