On Thursday July 19th, Genesis was moved to Jarabacoa Christian School (JCS ) for the following week. We had the pleasure of having 23 people from Wellspring Camp in Jefferson Georgia, come back for a second year to join us in bringing a day camp to all the students at Genesis. The kids had been looking forward to this week all summer. Mike Unternahrer
"What a pleasure and blessing to spend time with our friends at
Genesis again! For the second year (with many more to come!), our group
was able to come to Jarabacoa from Wellspring Camp in Jefferson, GA.
Actually, our team came from 10 different churches in 5 different states
to spend a week loving on our Genesis "campers"!
Wellspring Camp is a Christian camp in Georgia that provides
respite and camping activities to children and adults with developmental
disabilities. We LOVE sharing our resources with the kids at Genesis
and providing a week of "camp" for them! We've named our camp in the
D.R. "Campamento Aguas Vivientes" - Camp Living Waters.
Our goal is to provide a week of "something different" for the
Genesis students. No school, just FUN!!! We also love to give a bit of a
break to the teachers and staff as much as possible. For starters, we
hold camp at a location away from Genesis to give the students a new
look - somewhere other than school. We incorporate games, crafts,
devotional times, and outdoor activities into each day, just like we do
at camp in Georgia. We also provide a "pool day" for the kids, taking
them to a local pool for fun and pizza.
It is our goal as well to provide opportunities for our servant
staff to see where God could use their skills in the special needs
community overseas. This year was a special treat as we had skilled
leaders who could share resources. One of our camp's board members was
along - Adam Beadles, who is a physical therapist. He was able to share
ideas and plans with the Genesis staff for future work with students.
Cris Franz, who was along for her second year, was able to provide
"teacher training" in behavior management for the Genesis teachers.
Jenny Walter, a mom of one of our Wellspring campers, came along and
provided parent workshops - a much needed time of sharing for parents.
Most of all, we enjoyed all of our time spent with everyone from
Genesis. We love our campers in Jarabacoa! We also enjoyed each moment
spent with Mike, Karen, and all the wonderful staff from Genesis. As
well, God provided some great unity between our team and the team from
SI that was serving while we were there".
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