Kusadasi Kapers

Today we hit the ground running with our big event, the Kusadasi Kapers. This was our adventure race, not to be confused with the resort adventure race we are having on Friday. With clues prepared by Holly late the night before, six teams set out to compete with other teams solving riddles, researching facts and performing challenges. A morning storm made the day somewhat gloomy and the race-time drizzle slowed things down a bit. But most of the kids got involved and figured out most of our clues and contests. Even though most groups got through the clues pretty well, there was one clear winner who's methods will be analyzed...thoroughly! Results to be announced tomorrow.

I was able to get some uploading done on Picasa. Click here to check out the album. It is only a small fraction of the photos taken in a day. If anyone has trouble using the link, please let me know. There are new security options available on Picasa.

In the evening we had our first official teaching time with the two age groups split up. Tim gave his talk on chapter 1 of Ephesians and the younger kids continued learning about Esther. Parents feedback about the younger kids time has been HUGELY positive and the workers in that group (LEAH) are just loving it!

Our time with the older kids is also going well, though with much more craziness going on in schedules and preparedness. Very few teens seem to be uninterested and we still have alot of fun lined up.

Tomorrow is a full day of teaching (two sessions), afternoon break and them movie night with the kids. Perhaps we will have more time to talk about the families we have been getting to know!