Por el Mundo con Jesus
(Around the World with Jesus)
We had a great week of VBS last week! The theme was "Around the World with Jesus". The different age groups visited different "countries" every day and learned about different aspects of the journey (adventure- Abraham, loyalty-Ruth, bravery- Esther, hardship- Paul, and preparation- Moses). The countries were Ireland, Mexico, Papau New Guinea, India, and Japan.
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We were in charge of the Mexico room (surprise surprise!) and taught the kids about the apostle Paul and how sometimes we have to go through hard times to be a witness. Hard times can also be good times because God uses them to clean my heart and make me ready to help others! We taught in the morning during the English VBS, and then after lunch we had another VBS in Spanish. Two friends from Hermosillo, Mexico came to help us as well as my new friend Judy whose dad is a Spanish pastor nearby. We had a great week of ministering together! The Spanish VBS was especially fun because the kids had never experienced anything like it before. We emphasized the Wordless Book everyday and the kids received points for wearing the "color of the day" everyday (does that sound familiar Beth Ann?). Alex was Capitan Millan (the good guy), and I was Señor Pecador (Mr Sin) who did not believe the Bible. Whenever Señor Pecador showed up, all the kids stood up to sing Yo creo la Biblia...la Palabra de Dios (I believe the Bible, the Word of God). Some of Señor Pecador's friends also came. Doña Vanidad (Madam Vanity) who was too consumed in herself to share the Gospel; La Floja (Lazy) who is too lazy to share the Gospel, and La Miedosa (Fearful) who is too scared to share the Gospel. We had a great week with all the kids! We appreciated the puppet team who made the effort to do their puppet play in Spanish every day. It is wonderful how the the people at Northside are so incredibly supportive of the Spanish ministry.
=Thanks to all who prayed! Three of the children accepted Christ on Wednesday and the father of two of the kids came to the program on Sunday and got saved. Praise the Lord for providing all the help and strength we needed to get through last week.
Our Future Capitan Millan
Misael didn't miss a day
Alex teaching in the Mexico room.
"Bienvenidos" means "Welcome"
Rally Time
Luis and Alexis enjoying Game Time
This was a favorite game of the week: Each child had a picture or a number taped to his back and they had to guess what the other had with their hands behind their backs. It was so funny to see them hopping around and trying to peek at the other person's picture without giving away what was on their back!
Craft Time
Snack Time
The kids are Hearing the story of Ruth in the Japan Room
Monica and Karen having fun at the Saturday Carnival
Miriam enjoying a snow cone at the Carnival
Capitan Millan in the Dunk Tank!
Plenty of Tickets = Plenty of Candy!
Francio was one of our little guys and he was all smiles all week long!
Some of the moms came to the Carnival, and a few ladies from the church were able to sit with and minister to them while all the kiddos had fun.
The kids sang during the Sunday morning program. After that, they received a certificate of participation. The parents were all invited to a special lunch in the gym where we feasted on Tostadas. The tables were decorated with the Wordless Bood colors (Green table coverings, red and yellow napkins, black construction paper place mats and white styrofoam plates).
7 comments:
WOW!!! What a week you had!! The pictures look great and so colorful! The kids are all smiles and you can tell they had so much fun. You did an awesome job coming up with such a great way to share the Word of God with the little ones!!
What a great & busy week!!! You all did such a fantastic job on everything!! I got some great ideas I am going to put into my files! Love the different country every day idea with the fabulous decorations!! Love AJ in the hat...but no Olivia?? I think this is the first post without a pic of your cutie patootie!! ;) (jk) Are you completely exhausted? I don't know how you did 2 VBS sessions in one day with 2 kiddos! Praise the Lord for strength & now some crash time.
ps get rested up b4 steph comes!!! we had many a late nights talking!! :)
I'm so glad that VBS went well. I was praying for you! I hope this week is somewhat restful for you. Our VBS went well, too. Steve is at Northland this week preaching at PV; I'm in G'ville. I'll give you a call next week to catch up.
Two Bible Schools in one week! Wow! I bet you are exhausted. I loved the idea of going through the Wordless Book everyday, and decorating with the color scheme of the Wordless book. I'll definately have to keep this in mind for our VBS next year. I'll pray that you can have a wonderful and restfully uneventful week this week.
Looks like you had a great time and four to get saved! What a blessing and encouragement that the Lord gave you for your hard work! The decorated rooms were awesome! You did a great job! The picture of AJ in the hat is adorable! He sure is growing fast! Hope you can get caught up after a busy week like last week! Praise the Lord!
The pictures are GREAT! Just the look on the faces of those sweet little children makes all the hard work and long hours worth while! I am so proud of you and Alex and how hard you worked to prepare for VBS, there is no doubt in my mind that you will reap many blessings from all your hard work!
I too was a little dismayed that Miss Olivia was not in any pictures, but that is OK as long as "Capitan Millan, Jr." was there.
Enjoy your time with Stephanie and then get ready for your trip to Huntsville!
I love you all!
Love MOM
Fun! The decorated rooms remind of all the work we did in those classrooms during camp at Northland! I know this took tons of work. Great job.
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