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From the middle until the end of July Andrea and Ildiko organized the second time a summer camp in Deva, Erdély. Our own teens (Mate, 16, Chris, 14, Daniella, 14 and Jeannette, 13 years old) played an essential part in running and keeping the camp well organized for the 40 orphans of Böjte Csaba’s (see him on the photo, top-left) orphanage in Deva. The age range was from 8 until 18, accordingly we had to plan the daily classes and activities. Every morning started out with morning exercise lead by Daniel. After breakfast musicians Daniel, Alicia, Johnny and Andrea got everybody going with lots of music including action songs.
Every morning we gave English classes to help the orphans get a basic knowledge of English and through it better educational opportunities. The afternoons were reserved for the fun part of the camp: basketball- and soccer games, hikes, badminton, water fights, obstacle courses, treasure hunts, hide and seek games, theater courses, arts and crafts plus camp fires in the evening and some dance evenings.
The most important “side effects” of the camp were again the bonds of friendship being forged and strengthened during this special time. We are now more than ever convinced that our friendships will last a lot longer than the short life we live here on this earth. As you can see towards the end in the gallery, saying “Good Bye” wasn’t easy for all of us, many of us, especially the children from the orphanage, left with tears in the eyes… but we are looking forward to see each other again in Deva when we will possibly be touring Erdély to do our Christmas shows.