ARKKI: Our day!

sunnuntai 10. elokuuta 2008

Our day!

It's 6:30 in the morning, and I hear the ringing of my alarm clock getting louder and louder as I lay in bed wishing it wasn't so. What wasn't so?....the early start of my day. I roll out of bed slowly, pretty much like a bear just waking up from hibernation and start getting ready for my day. I wash my face, brush my teeth, put some fresh clothes on and run to the dining room so I am not late for a staff meeting at 7:00. There we discuss the different events of the day. We will be offering a craft workshop, a style workshop and a painting workshop, these will all be after lunch. Our topic of the day is Sin in our lives and how we can get rid of sin. After a few other details being taken care of I sit down to eat breakfast as the kids come racing in. It's 8 o'clock and everyone is hungry. After the meal I go to the dish room to get started, it's nice today because we have four new helpers, this means we will get done in an hour or so. The first session starts at 9:00, so from the dish room I run to the session. We discuss the main topic with the kids, do a quick teaching and send them to their group leaders for devotion time. The group leaders are great about explaining the Bible to their kids. After this is free time, kids are playing Foosball, ping pong, going on the trampoline and other activities. We meet at noon for lunch, and again, after the meal I am at the dish room. All the kids go to their workshops and then have more free time. It's about 3 o'clock and suddenly, I hear a voice from a megaphone. Of course I do not know what it is saying but I run to where all the other kids are running. We are playing Capture the Flag! It was an exciting game, with intense moments, but the blue team managed to prevail. Next is dinner at 5:00, and again to the dish room. Our last session of the day is at 6:00 o'clock, which is always a good one because that is where the groups do their presentations. I see skits, dramas, hear songs and hear what the Lord is doing in their lives. Next is sauna and swimming time, it is a nice way to relax and heal up the injuries that were acquired during Capture the Flag. After sauna is tea time, where we drink amazing tea and always have some delicious cookies and cakes, our kitchen staff is great. After a long day, the leaders are tired...so tired...but the kids are still awake! Well, too bad but it is lights out and it is my time to sleep...until another early start!