Almost 80 Waterloo children left yesterday morning for a week at Wildwood Hills Ranch! For some of the kids, this is their third year of camp-- which is amazing. When I scooped our Longfellow kids up at 7:00 AM, every child was waiting on a porch, on the steps or right in the front yard. It's an exciting day when you're heading off to camp!
Cedar Valley Community Church provided a wonderful breakfast and fun activities for the kids as they were checked in, and checked over. All went very smoothly, and there was a great deal of kid-energy expended before hopping on the school bus for a 3 hour ride to camp. : )
There is HUGE potential for the experience of this camp to impact the lives of these beautiful children this week. Please pray for soft hearts, teachable moments, and bucket loads of patience and good cheer for the counselors. Please pray that the Holy Spirit would move throughout the week...molding, shaping, stirring, whispering.
It'll be HOT. It'll be high energy (50 boys, 30 girls--I'm just sayin'). It'll be challenging. But it may also be life-changing-- not just for the kids, but for their families, their neighborhoods, schools and this community.
Cedar Valley Community Church provided a wonderful breakfast and fun activities for the kids as they were checked in, and checked over. All went very smoothly, and there was a great deal of kid-energy expended before hopping on the school bus for a 3 hour ride to camp. : )
There is HUGE potential for the experience of this camp to impact the lives of these beautiful children this week. Please pray for soft hearts, teachable moments, and bucket loads of patience and good cheer for the counselors. Please pray that the Holy Spirit would move throughout the week...molding, shaping, stirring, whispering.
It'll be HOT. It'll be high energy (50 boys, 30 girls--I'm just sayin'). It'll be challenging. But it may also be life-changing-- not just for the kids, but for their families, their neighborhoods, schools and this community.
Maribeth Boelts
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