Vacation Bible School

We had Vacation Bible School at church this week - well, we are still having it! Tomorrow is the last day. I have fond memories of VBS as a child. I remember first feeling the call of Christ while I was taught by some dear people about how Jesus had died for my sins. I loved singing songs about the Lord and doing crafts and getting great snacks! It was always a fun week with friends and a great time of learning.

Now I am the adult! I get to do the planning and teaching, and I can really appreciate what all those adults did for us all those years that I was growing up. This week's VBS theme was The Arctic Edge - Where Adventure Meets Courage! Joshua 1:9 is the background verse, where the command is to be strong and courageous!

I got to teach the Missions class with my friend Mrs. B. I have so enjoyed working with her and getting to know her - she was a school teacher for many years, and that woman can work wonders with crepe paper!

In fact, everyone who worked VBS this year can work wonders with all kinds of materials. I was so amazed to watch brown paper turn into Big Bear Lodge (the Bible study room), and different colors of paint and paper turn into Echo Bay (the music room) and crepe paper and cardboard turn into The Depot (arts and crafts rooms). As for Mrs. B. and me, we turned blue and white crepe paper, spray paint, and foam blocks into Glacier Pass, a place where kids learned all about missionaries in Arctic regions of the world!

I was so impressed with everyone's rooms that I took pictures to share. Don't all the rooms look great? Better than how great the rooms look, however, is how many kids got to hear the Gospel message this week and were challenged to follow, trust, and believe in the Savior.

Tonight was Parents' Night. All the kids got to share the songs they had learned as the groups of 1st-6th graders sang on stage. After the program and a fun slide show, parents and kids enjoyed punch and cookies as the kids got to show their parents all the learning rooms and we teachers shared what we had been learning all week. It was fun to meet parents and talk about all the cool (no pun intended) missionaries we'd been learning about and praying for!

I was so excited when I got the call a couple of months ago, from a friend asking if I'd be willing to teach the missions class! I hope I get a call again next summer. It's been a joy.