The scorching heat and piercing Sun was definitely a massive challenge for the team early this week. On Monday it felt like 34 degrees (actual 32c), and on Tuesday it was 35c which felt like 37. The high temperature certainly drained a bit of our energy, but luckily we held our Week 1 "Growing Up" camp inside the warehouse area where we used to hold our VBS camp during the early years of our trips.
The "Growing Up" camp was held for the children here at the centre, and we had around 26 kids plus a few teen helpers. The three-day camp was themed around servanthood and had games and bible stories in the morning as well as crafts that they made for the staff here at HOM. In the afternoon, the younger group worked on a MakeDo project, and the older kids build different Solarbotic (STEM) projects.
The kids loved the projects, and we had a great time building them! It is awesome to see how proud they are at their accomplishment! We hope each of these kids will continue to grow in their confidence and know the potential they have in making a change in the world.
Tomorrow we will be presenting their gifts and their projects to the staff and parents! We can’t wait!
