Last Saturday, we got together for a VBS prep blitz. The theme for this year is going to be "trusting God," so we'll be going over the stories of Noah, Joshua and the battle of Jericho, Peter walking on water, and a salvation message.
Each story has a craft that we planned, purchased and assembled on Saturday. Twelve hundred individually prepared craft kits and six hours later, we were (mostly) physically prepared for the VBS. The thing about having a team of otters and golden retrievers is that last minute kind of becomes the way we roll. Time, for a large part, is not really a "thing." Which, actually, going to a world where time is something to be spent, not conserved, is a benefit. We're going to a country that is loud and largely watch-less, with a team that is loud and largely watch-less.
Perfect. (:
And, yes, we have an amazing enough team that they were willing to spray paint 600 popsicle sticks "Jesus skin colored"and bag piece after piece after piece of each craft kit so that each kid gets their own set of supplies.
And, tomorrow, we get to take off on what is a repeat trip for six of them - as if anything in life can ever actually be a repeat of something that has gone on before - and brand new for the other eight. We're praying that God is glorified through our presence, and that we are able to be culturally aware and willing to serve.
(Let's be honest; we're also all hoping that it will all be easier than we know it will be. Still human, even if we are taking an incredible team of teenagers who are willing to do hard things when they know that God is asking it of them.)
27 hours!
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