Yeah World, Keep on Smiling!!

Hey everybody it's Taylor, Kati, and Cassidy. It's our last full day here at camp and there's been a lot going on.

Yesterday the campers got to tye dye t-shirts. It was a messy craft and most of us managed to tye dye parts of their bodies. The t-shirts are hanging up to dry right now and they all look great! Cassidy and Kati even tye dyed sheets that will be used as table cloths in the Underground.

After tye dye we had water day out on the soccer field or as they would say here "fotbal field". First we played drip drip drop, which is similar to duck duck goose with water. Next we had a classic water balloon toss. Then we played a Romanian game, quadrants, in which we split up into four teams and water balloons were launched at us. We put our shoes on our hands to try and break them before they hit the ground in order to win the game. The final game we played was steal the bacon on a homemade slip n slide. It got very competitive and very funny.

In the evening Lief gave a talk on the prodigal son that was very moving. In it, he talked about common misconceptions about who God is. We also heard a parallel version of the story of the prodigal son from the book Whats So Amazing About Grace? that was written to be more relevant to modern times. We also talked about how God is the Father, which I saw in a whole new light as I sat next to a girl who has grown up in an orphanage.

Later that night, in small group, we had a great discussion in response to what Lief had talked about. The girls in my group are young believers, but they had a lot of confusion about views of God and forgiveness and grace. Last night was the first night that the girls had opened up and been willing to share about their relationship with God and some of their struggles. Pray that the girls would be very open and candid tonight, because we have a lot of great stuff planed for tonight. Also, pray that they would focus tonight and not so sleepy, those have been reoccuring problems for our group.

Tonight the team will experience a Romanian bonfire!

Love you all, keep us in your prayers!!



SHOUT OUTS:

Larry to Brady Bunch: Hope you figured oout the lawn mower, replenished your mother's chocolate stash and gained a lead on the chipmonks! --Dad

Zack to Tante: Awesome! I hope the Lambeau 5K goes awesome!
Zack to the fam: Hope you're all doing better now that we posted a pick of me

Cassidy to Mom and Dad: Hope your trip was fun. We're still at camp. It has been so cool. I have over 1,000 pictures so far! Can't wait to tell you all about it and show you in New York.

Elli to mom and dad: I miss you guys a lot. I will be home in 1 week cant wait to see you. I am having so fun at camp. Dad, i hope Annie is not destroying my room or having accidents in it.lol. I also hope Pumpkin is on the hunt every day:)Love you

John to Mom #2: My hair's lookin flyyy! T keep doin your thang!