Vacation Bible School

There were 100 kids that attended VBS. Those kids were predetermined and given tickets. They pick the children of families that attend the local church first. The idea is that the other families will see these children being blessed and that will encourage them to go to church as well. Before we got to the village, Brent told us there would be kids watching from the other side of the fence and that it would tug at our heart strings but that his ministry would be coming back to this village again to hold another VBS.

We went to the village of Merger for vacation bible school. When we got there, the kids were still in school. The pictures right above this blog are of the classes that were still in session. While they finished up, we prepared the big room (the structure that was completed the day before) for the recreation activities. They played monster ball, four corners and blind volleyball. There were five different lessons given and the kids prepared a craft or received a prize to accompany each bible story: 1.Jonah and the whale, 2. explanation of the salvation beads 3. Jesus walking on water 4. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego 5. Jesus making the blind man see. Afterwards, Kenny presented the plan of salvation and then we played soccer!