Day two of VBS!

The morning started off great! Some kids showed up 30 minutes early. Dan and Michael went off to round up kids and while they were out more kids showed up at the church with their parents. By the time we got started there were 32 kids total that God had trusted in our hands. (Pictured below)

Our Bible Point for the day was God is with us. WAAAAHOOOOO!!! And our verse was found in Joshua 9:1 - The Lord your God is always with you wherever you go. The kids did a great job learning the verse and the hand motions that Sybil puts to the verses really helps too!

Caitlin and Brittany each got to teach the kids a new song this morning. Caitlin taught the kids, The Great Adventure and Brittany taught them This Is the Day. Some of the new kids were a bit hesitant to get involved in the hand motions of the songs but by the end they had relaxed and were having fun.

Jessica taught our story today which was about the Israelites crossing the Jordan River as they entered into the Promise Land. The kids even got to "cross" the river with a very creative idea utilizing two sheets. They also got to pick up stones from the "river" and build a monument to remind them of how God helped them cross the river just like the Israelites did. The kids had a great time with this story. (Pictured below)

Allison's project for the kids in crafts today was to make a frame with a foil impression of some starts and the phrase God is with us. WAAAAAHOOOOOO!!! This is to remind the kids that though we may not be able to see the star, we can see the light from the star in the sky. We cannot "see" God but we know that God is with us (WAAAAAHOOOOO!!!) because of God's light in our life.

Doug had the kids running around crazy during recreation today. Each day in Bible school we have a Bible Buddy that helps the kids learn the Bible Point and the Bible verse for the day. Our Bible Buddy today was Shadow a herding dog on Avalanche Ranch. In the game today the kids played Elbow Tag where the kids are split into pairs, linked at the elbow and spread out across the field. One person is "it" and chases another person around the field. Once the link up with a pair on the field the person they did not link with in the pair now has to run around and not get tagged by the "it" person. "It" today was Shadow and Shadow was trying to herd up the cattle by chasing the loose person. The kids caught on quick and had a great time. (Pictures below)

Erica's snack time was a hit as the kids made their own smores. Yummmm! The kids responded well, especially to all the sugar we pumped into them so it was a good thing this was the last thing for the day for us.

The kids went home already looking forward to the next day. Who knows how many we will have tomorrow? We may go over 4o but regardless we are committed to ministering to whoever God directs our way.