Elementary Camp

This past Friday, we held our annual Elementary Camp. 

This is a fun event for our students in Kindergarten through 5th grade, complete with games, crafts, dinner, a movie, and worship/Bible lesson. The kids always have a blast. And this year was no different :)

Our central theme was NEON.



We learned how those bright neon lights we all know will ONLY shine if they have a spark (if they're connected to electricity). And thankfully, we had an example right there in our school's auditorium...



I was running back and forth, from activity to activity, checking in on my amazing volunteers, seeing if they needed anything, letting them know when it was almost time to switch activities, watching the kids have fun, and all of that. And I had the best assistant ever helping me out the whole night :)



One sweet friend, and former DA employee, came back and helped us by leading an outside game, in which students were racing to find sources of light that were buried in the tubs of sand. The kids loved this relay race! In fact, I had a few come up to me yesterday, asking if we could do it in Kids Club some time :)

 



We had an arts and crafts room set up, with all sorts of fun art supplies...



And in the same room (and sometimes, just outside the room), we had all the board games laid out for kids to play with, as well. They loved it!



We also had another station set up with canvas drawstring backpacks and fabric markers, where our students could decorate their own bags. All of us adult volunteers commented on how impressive their creations were.

 

We fed them all sorts of yummy things, like these rainbow goldfish brought over in my suitcase at Christmas time. And we served a tasty kid-approved dinner, as well.



We had a time of worship, led by one of our super talented teachers at school. Then I presented the Bible message afterwards. It's times like those that I'm reminded of just what a gift it is to teach in a Christian school.



We then ended the night with a movie and popcorn.

And all in all, I'd say it was a super fun, wonderful evening. We had 84 kids in attendance. And while it may have made for a long, long day for me (16.5 hours to be exact), that was okay. Y'all... It was so worth it, to see the joy on our kids' faces all afternoon/evening long. I feel so blessed to be able to serve in this ministry!