VBS is Awesome...errr...God Is Awesome - WAAAAAHOOOOO!!!

This morning was off to a good start. We left the hotel for Coyote Coffee to see Jillian and to grab a cup of joe. She was there and she served us with a smile and two cute dimples. A few of us bought some bags of coffee that is grown right down the road from Coyote Coffee and we are so excited to take a little piece of this place back with us.

The vans were off on the road to round up the kids by 9:00 while everyone else stayed back at the church and got ready for the day. Today was an exciting day because we were going to share the Gospel with the kids which is the whole reason why we do these kids of trips.

Today's Bible Point was God is Awesome. WAAAAAAHOOOOOOO!!! And our verse for the day was, "For the Lord Most High is awesome." Psalm 47:2 Obviously, since our story was about Jesus and what He did for us on the cross, there was really no other way to say it but that God is Awesome. WAAAAAAAHOOOOOOO!!!

During our music time today we went over the songs that the kids were going to sing at the Round Up Rally which were: Wild Ride, The Great Adventure, Awesome God, You Are My All in All. The kids did a great job and I think that they were really excited about singing them at the rally.

Cindy taught our lesson today, and she had a really neat way of showing the kids how Jesus washes away our sins. She had a bucket of mud which represented sin. Doug and Erica volunteered to help her with this demonstration, so Cindy had them stand in front of the kids while the kids wiped mud on them. You would think they could just wash off the mud themselves but they couldn't because Cindy had them tie their hands behind their backs to show that we can't get rid of sin on our own. Before each of the kids wiped the mud on Doug and Erica they had to think of a sin, so the idea was that sin makes us dirty just like the mud and the only way to wash it off is through Jesus Christ.

At craft time the kids didn't make a peep...but they made birdhouses. (Get it?) Alison had these adorable boot birdhouses for the kids to paint and decorate. They had a great time making them but we couldn't send them home with the kids because the paint needed to dry. Hopefully most of them will come back tomorrow so they can take them home.

Today for crafts we deviated from our regular routine and served the kids cookies but these were just regular old cookies from the grocery store. A lady here in the area, who owns a bakery, heard what we were doing and donated 30 cookies that were about 4-5 inches wide and about an inch thick. WOW!! They were incredible.