Matthew 19:14 - Jesus
said, "Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for the
kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."
It's VBS
week! That means one thing...kids, kids,
and MORE KIDS! I LOVED VBS when I was a kid, but I think I LOVE IT EVEN MORE now that I'm an adult! Ha ha! It makes my heart so
happy to see kids smiling, laughing, singing, dancing, and learning more about
God. Today was the very first day of VBS
and it went great! The theme this year
is "Amazing Wonders Aviation" and it's all about airplanes and flying
across the world seeing new and exciting things. The overall Biblical content for the week is
learning about God's awesome power.
I have the
amazing opportunity this week of teaching children in Pre-K all the way through
6th grade about missions. If you know
me, you know I'm loving every minute of it!
Opening the world of missions up to children is my absolute
passion. Helping them know about, see,
and do missions are my most favorite things.
This year, our mission project is raising money for 3 different projects
sponsored by the Baptist Global Response (BGR).
The grades are all in a contest to see who can raise the most
money. One group is raising money for
water filters, the other is raising money for mosquito nets, and the last group
is raising money for CHICKENS! BGR uses
the money given to provide these needed items to people around the world and
through this is able to spread the Good News of Jesus with them. This isn't just a one country thing, the
children's gifts this week will help people all over the world. That's pretty awesome, I think!
I encouraged
the kids to think of different ways to raise money for the offering. In a letter to their parents, I told them to
take a picture of their "unique" way of raising money and send it to
me so I could show it during VBS. Within
5 hours of this challenge, I got my first picture. You should have seen my face when I saw the
picture...it was glowing! :) Two preteen
girls had made hair bows and sold them door to door in order to raise money for
the offering. I can't wait to see what
else these amazing VBS kids dream up!
The theme of
God's awesome power really hit home for me today as I was faced with a serious
technical issue with the media equipment I use here at the church on a daily
basis. In the middle of teaching, one of
the big projectors in the sanctuary suddenly went off by itself. I know what you're thinking...YIKES! Yep, I was thinking the same thing too,
except I couldn't react because I was in the middle of teaching! Our God is AMAZING, though, and through His
AMAZING POWER, the problem was fixable and it's back to normal. "With
God, nothing is impossible!" (even a broken projector) :)
This year's
theme is going to be very special to me by the end of the summer. After VBS here at First Baptist, I will be
teaching the same theme at our local Pregnancy Crisis Center VBS and also VBS
at Clearwater Bay International Baptist Church in Hong Kong. I'm excited to live out this theme this
summer - God's power will definitely be at work!
I can't wait
to see what the rest of this week brings.
God's going to do some AMAZING things, I can feel it! Thanks for your prayers and keep 'em coming!!
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