VBS time.....

It's VBS time! A couple weeks ago we had VBS at our church. John and I were in charge of the 3rd grade class. When we signed up for that group, we had no idea it was the biggest group at the church. We led around 32 kids almost every night of VBS.
This is our group doing their big performance at the end of the week.
Here they are practicing...

John practicing with the kids...

We took up two full rows because we had so many! We also had 2-3 youth helpers each night to bring up the rear of the line and help herd the kideroos.

I'm on the top row! They made me sing with the kids.

We learned sign language to go along with the songs. We have a lot of pictures of the singing because we weren't the teachers or the craft leaders, just in charge of getting the kids to each area. And we helped sing along.

The kids were a lot fun.

Here we are in crafts. I would help a table or two and so would John and our other helps.

The kids of course loved the gym class part.

They played a lot of fun games that we didn't play as kids.

The kids actually did really good at learning and listening during the Bible study. They worked with a new verse every night. They also could memorize and recite all the verses to win a prize. There were about 5 kids who memorized it and two adults. Coincidentally, all the kids were from my class, though I had nothing to do with them memorizing them. I was very proud of them though.

This game was like dodge ball but with beach balls.

John couldn't resist playing with the beach balls.

They burnt off a lot of energy playing.

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All in all we were really glad we could help out with the kids. We hope to get to help again next year.

God's plan...

(Sunset from our front porch)

Sometimes God has something planned for you, that you just don't foresee. John and I didn't make it to the Strawberry Festival and Chili Cook-Off here in Roanoke last Saturday. Instead, we made it to Augusta, GA to be with our dear friends Jeff and Rachel. Jeff's step-dad died in a car accident last Wednesday night. God has a reason for everything. Whether this be as simple as to bring Jeff and his mom closer or something we just don't see right now, he has a plan. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers and thank you to all of you who kept us all in your prayers for safe travels down and back. We love Jeff and Rachel like a brother and sister and wish we could lift the burden from their heavy hearts. Glenn was an amazing man. He was talented, smart, brave and a great step-dad to Jeff. He will be missed.

No matter what you have planned or hope to get to do in the future, I pray that you make God a part of it.