Children as parents as well looked forward to that for the whole year. Unforgettable time together last summer brought back the foster families who have already attended the camp before and attracted the new ones. With God’s help June 10-15, July 22-27 and July 29-August, 3 there were three New Hope camps for the foster families. The camp has become the climax of the New Hope cooperation with foster families throughout the year, including consulting and constant support in the process of adoption of children and their adaptation in the new family, assistance in the upbringing etc. Approximately 150 people per every camp – parents together with their foster and biological kids, -were able to have a rest in the family circle in Dubechne, Volyn region. Every day the leader’s team prepared Bible lessons, games and workshops in craft and English for the campers. Parents at the same time used the opportunity to share the experience and discuss the issues of upbringing during the lectures of Dave Little. How much time before the computer allowed, how to teach to spend the pocket money or to do the task the kid does not want to, how to adapt the kid’s orphanage mindset to the principles of the Christian family – all these everyday problems had a place for discussion during the evening parents’ meetings. The unforgettable moment was the one of the evening programm near the bonfire – 24 kids decide to accept God to rule their life. These moments left no one indifferent – to observe how the children find themselves in the families, learn to live in new conditions, accept the love and care of the new parents and to live according to the new principles and then themselves decide to trust their life under God’s rule fills the heart with confidence in God’s will and the calling irremovability. These three weeks filled the parents and kids’ hearts with joy, bright impressions and gratitude to the Lord for the granted blessing.

“I would love to come back to such a camp and will pray for you, New Hope. Now having all that I’ve got here I will glorify and worship God that I have you, my nice and good friend. I love you, New Hope. ” Kateryna Demyanik