Un-bee-lievable!
I woke up this morning around 5 am and the sun was just starting to peak out in the sky. The sunshine didn’t last for long as an enormous storm blew through. I can’t tell you how I prayed that God would let this large storm pass, keeping our children safe and allowing them to join us for Day 1 of VBS. And it did! Thank you God!
Today was awesome at VBS. We had a record breaking attendance of 320 children!!! To put this in perspective, last year we had 312 children registered for the entire week. Hats off to our teachers and leaders who welcomed every single child with Christ’s love and worked with us as we ran around getting together all of the supplies needed for this swarm.
We are so thrilled to have these children with us this week. Here is just a short picture re-cap of the morning-
This is the back-drop for the Preschool and Kindergarten Storytelling Station:
This is the bee hive we hope to fill with food for the Food Pantry:
This is the honey jar. As we collect money from our offering, the jar will fill up. We hope to fill it to the top so that we have a great donation to send to the Children of Israel Orphanage in Haiti. They trying to rebuild after the earthquake. The children there are currently sleeping in tents on a socceer field until they have a new building.
Our snack today was “Ama-zzing Brownies.” Each brownie had a maze drawn on it with a little bumble bee. Our snack ladies are the best!
For our craft we made “Buzz Sticks.” The older children got to help assemble them on the inside and everyone decorated the outside. The music they make is ama-zzzing!
Each teacher adds their own special flair to their classroom. One teacher has a very special way of directing her class. It lights up and changes colors:
We had a great day! Please continue to keep us in your prayers as we move on through the week.
June 22nd, 2010 at 12:36 am
We had a great time, Mrs. Anders! See you tomorrow.