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Summer Camp Time Again!




Friends, it's time for our summer kids' club again!

 This will be the 3rd year we've been in this neighborhood for the summer, and we're excited about it!

 We'll be in the same neighborhood, but we're hoping to have one day a week at the park where we have been, and one day a week in our complex. This will allow us to meet even more of the sweet kids and families who are our immediate neighbors. We're still working details out with the office, but are very hopeful everything will work out :) 


Last year, y'all were AMAZING with support and resources. I cannot even begin to thank you or tell you how much it means to have each of you behind us, praying for us, and supporting us. I've said this before, but without you, we wouldn't have been able to do this last year. All of the snacks and art supplies and books y'all donated helped us -- and continue to help us --in so many ways. Because of your constant support, I wanted to update you on this summer and ask for your help once more. 

 This summer we'll be with the kids for 5 weeks, June 13- July 13. Our theme this year is friendship, focusing on what friendship means and how Jesus is our best friend. I've been mulling this over for awhile, and I'm excited about doing this with the kids. The world definitely needs more friends, and we all need Jesus. 

 Here's how you can help, if you're interested:

*Pray*
This is the most important, y'all. Pray for volunteers, for logistics to work out, for kids and families to come, against spiritual warfare, for everyone to know Jesus more, for our relationships to grow. 

*Snacks*
We have gone through so many snacks over the last year! What you donated last summer provided all summer long (and then some). If we're able to hold one day a week in our complex, I anticipate more kids and families this year than we've had in the past. We'd LOVE your help with this.
Here's what we generally need:
Juice Boxes
Individual serving size snacks (goldfish, fruit snacks, chips, crackers, cookies, etc.)
Ice-pops

 *Games & Activities*
Bubbles (our younger kids go through a lot of bubbles)
Sidewalk chalk
Playground balls
Long & short jump ropes 

*Odds and Ends*
Cups for water
Bibles -- sometimes the kids ask us if we have Bible we can give to them, and we love to be able to say yes! We'd also love some in Spanish for the moms who joined us last year. 

 PEOPLE!!!!!
This is super important. We really need YOU. We love the kids and spending time with them, but we also know they'd love you. Are you good at games or like to play? We need you. Good at crafts? Please come. Love to sing with kids? Awesome. Just want to hand out a Capri-Sun? Please join us. 

 Also, it would be amazing to have some guys come join us. It's generally just ladies, but the few times we've had guys who have been able to come the kids have loved it. 

 I know it's hard timing because so many of you work, but if you can come join us for any or all of the summer, please let me know!

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If  you have any questions, please let me know!
 You are some of my favorite people in the world, and I am forever grateful for you. Thank you for everything! I look forward to talking with you about joining us for this summer and beyond!

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