I challenged our team on Thursday morning to give the last two days 100 percent effort and not leave with any regrets of what we should have done. I believe each person has risen to that challenge and has served well. This was evidenced today during our final day of Vacation Bible School. It was a great encouragement to me to be able to serve in the background and let them take responsibility for running the VBS. But even beyond this, it was of greater encouragement to see them spending time with kids, having the kids looking for them to sit on their lap and say their verses to them. For myself, two kids in particular stood out, Nick and Zach. These were two of the older boys who at the beginning of the week were “too cool” to sing or listen very much to what was going on. But they kept coming back and by the end, Nick was wanting to answer all the questions about the meaning of the “wordless book.” It is my prayer that these boys (and the 50 or so kids we reached) would come to know Christ as their Savior.
As for an update on our last day of VBS. We started a little slow, but throughout the first hour kids continued to come and we ended up with 45 kids for the last day. They had a great time, as we had a friend contest throughout the week and the group who brought the most friends got to put a “readi-whip” pie in the face of two leaders. They picked Wade and “Mr. Nate.” I was thankful that I wasn’t as popular as them – but I did manage to get the GBC Youth version of the coaches gatoraide dumping at the end of the time. After VBS we were able to come back to BBC to get cleaned up and ready for another night of outreach with Steamtown Church at an event called First Friday. We will be doing sidewalk chalk, giving out balloon animals, making hot dogs, and using these to get into conversations with people.
Thanks so much for your prayers and support during this long week of ministry – we were able to plant many seeds and share the gospel with many children and adults.
