We zoomed through the week!
It is hard to bee-lieve that VBS is over. We really zipped, zapped, and zoomed through the entire week! Friday was a bee-autiful day and once again the children were outside for recreation. I can’t begin to tell you what a blessing that is!
Friday is always a very special day at VBS because it is ice cream day. Our Bible story came from Acts 12:1-17 (18-19) where “God rescued Peter from jail.” Peter was jailed in chains until an angel of the Lord come and rescued him from those chains. In keeping with our Bible story, each child received a cup of ice cream that was chained by Magic Shell ice cream topping. The children had to break through the chains to get to their ice cream just like the angel of the Lord broke through the chains to rescue Peter. It was a fun snack!
In crafts, every child made an airplane. Now that every child has spent the week learning about Jesus, we charged them to fly out in to the world and tell others! Check out Mark’s plane-
Friday morning our Honey for Haiti jar was bursting out of the top because we collected so much money! From Friday’s offering, we collected an astounding $915.30! That gave us a total of $1516.82 collected with our daily offerings.
We also took an offering during our closing program and added that money to our Honey for Haiti jar giving us a grand total for all of VBS of $2100!!! God really did an ama-zzzing work through His people this week at VBS and I can’t wait to send our check to the Children of Israel Orphanage in Haiti. On Monday every child received a prayer card for a child in the orphanage. VBS may be over, but please keep praying for your child!
Look how many children God brought to us on Friday to hear His Word!
We ended our week praising God in the Sanctuary as the children led us in the closing program. This always brings tears to my eyes as we listen to the children sing of God’s goodness. This year’s closing program was especially emotional as we said good-bye to one of our VBS directors who has been leading VBS for a very long time. God certainly has used her ministry here in a powerful way. As she leaves us for Ohio we know that God will continue to use her for His glory.
It was an awesome week. God certainly blessed us in ways we never imagined possible. We pray that all of our little friends had fun and grew closer to the Lord as a result. We also pray that we will see you all very soon!
