Get Your Passport Ready!

This week has been a very hectic one!! And I'm not kidding. We have had Vacation Bible School (VBS) all week!

I call it hectic because we've been running around! In the mornings, we've had to wakeup earlier than normal. We don't have time in the evening for the kids to take showers/baths, so we did them in the morning. Lydia and Mysia would go first, I'd go wake up Malachi, and when they were finished, it'd be our turn.

After rushing around getting our things together, we'd leave, drop the kids off at daycare, Lydia would drop me off at work, and then she'd head over to college! She'd then pick the kids up after her classes, run home, and baby-sit before time to pick me up at five. We'd head straight to church, eat there, and get ready for our classes.

Lydia was the teacher for the nursery, and she was glad she volunteered for that! She was able to do some homework here and there since she only had one child.

For me… it's a different story! I was the teacher for the primary boys. I'm so glad Greg decided to volunteer to be my helper!!!! Each night, we had no less then 11 boys, ages 5-8! Over half of the boys were a handful in their own right! Thankfully it all turned out good, and we were able to work with them.

The theme for the week was Passport To The Promised Land, and each night we took the kids to a time and place in the life of Christ.

Monday: Bethlehem
We learned about how the angel appeared to the shepherds, announcing the birth of Jesus.

Tuesday: Nazareth
Jesus, a son of a carpenter, is now a young boy working for his father. We also learned how he was missing for three days and found at the temple astounding the priests! (Note: could you imagine Mary and Joseph? Here they are given the responsibility to raise the Son of God on earth, and they loose him!)
 
Wednesday: Sea Of Galilee
After being announced by John the Baptist as the Lamb of God, Jesus, now starting his ministry, walks along the Sea of Galilee recruiting four fishermen to become "Fishers of Men".

Thursday: Capernaum
Jesus is a approached by a man who has a daughter who is dying. As he asks Jesus to come to his house, a servant runs u declaring that she is now dead. Jesus arrives at the house, states that she is not dead, is mocked by the crowd, but then tells the girl to "arise"… and she does!

Friday: Calvary
Jesus is tried, beaten, tortured, and hung on a cross to die. He loved us so much, he was willing to pay the price for our sin. All we have to do is accept. Then, on the third day in the tomb, he arose, just like he said!  Conquering death, having victory… sweet victory over sin!


~Matt