This was written by 9 year old Maxim Boyko who attended a winter camp at 'Camp Smile' in 2023:

"Hello, my name is Maxim Boyko . I am 9 years old. I am from the village of Velyka Karatul , Pereyaslav, Khmelnytskyi district, Kyiv region. I live with my mother and grandmother. I also have an older sister who lives with her husband in Odessa. My dad fought in the war and he died this fall. I miss him very much. Dad's siblings found out about a camp and told my mom to sign me up.

I study in the 4th grade. I really like playing football with friends and programming. There is one boy at school who constantly picks on me. That's why I like that everyone is friends with me here in the camp. I liked the tank the most. It was also very interesting to prepare tasks for the evening program: make a knight, create an invention and show your superpower . It was very funny.

I liked hearing about Jesus in Bible lessons . I once heard a little about Him. I really want to come to the camp during the summer holidays."

Let's lift up Maxim, his family and Camp Smile in our prayers!