The first day of VBS.

At 8:00 this morning we loaded up in the vans to head to Suquamish for our first day of VBS. It was a bit cloudy with the temperature around 57 degrees, a normal start to the day in Seattle this time of year. We arrived at the "church" and started to get everything ready for the kids to arrive. One van went around in Suquamish to pick kids up while the other van drove into Indianola, another area of the reservation, to pick up kids there. Once we all got back we had a round 16 kids to start the week off, which is normal on the first day. Many of the kids were out of town or not at home for whatever reason. Tomorrow we should double the amount of kids we had today.

So Avalanche Ranch got started and first up was Sybil to introduce the workers, the Bible Point and the Bible verse for the day. God is Real (WAAAA HOOO!!!) and "The Lord is the only true God." Jeremiah 10:10. Every time we say the Bible Point for the day the kids are to respond by hollering WAAAAHOOOOO!!! Its fun stuff!

Then the some of the Tomahawk group led everyone in our songs for the day. Sara did a great job teaching the kids two of the Avalanche Ranch songs, Wild Ride and God is Good. The kids had a great time doing this. It really relaxed them a bit and allowed them to get loose and have some fun.

After this Elizabeth taught the lesson for the day which was about Rahab hiding the Israelite spies. She too did a great job with the help of Caitlin and Brittany. Oh yeah, and Michael did an incredible job knocking on the door for the part of the story when the Jericho soldiers came to Rahab's house looking for the spies.

Allison, from the Alabama group, is leading crafts everyday and today the kids made their name badges that they will use all week. Allison has done an excellent job preparing for this and being very organized. This went without a hitch.

Snack time was a blast as Erica led everyone in this part of the day. Now you might think, hey its just snack time, but at Avalanche Ranch everything has a meaning and a point. The kids' snack was a fun trail mix that allowed the kids to add each portion of the mix into their own bag. As they added each portion of the mix, Erica explained what that part symbolized from the Bible story for the day.

The first day of VBS finally came to an end and we had to say goodbye to our friends but we will see them back tomorrow along with many more.