Vacation Bible School

This past week the boys spent their mornings at First Baptist Church in Albion participating in the summer VBS program. My good friend Rachel helped organize the whole thing and Rachel's dad (who is a missionary for RBM) lead the group. It is a great program that not only "church" kids attend, but also kids that aren't in church for the rest of the year.


This is Al (Rachel's dad) during the parents program on Friday morning. He has so much energy and the kids love him, they all call him "Uncle Al". His heart for these kids is just so big. (Thank you for all you do for these kids. You are very much appreciated.)

This is Grace and Jacob reciting the main memory verse for the kindergarten group. They had a primary verse for the week and then they had daily verses to work on too. Just a quick point out... Jacob is standing up in front of a large group of people with a microphone in front of him reciting his verse. What a big step for him!




After the parents program all the kids were able to participate in a water balloon drenching of the team leaders (Pastor Tom and Pastor Rodney) and also Uncle Al, you guys were such great sports. Here are the kids getting ready to launch their one sided attack.







Here are the poor guys getting soaked (left to right--Pastor Rodney, Uncle Al, Pastor Tom). I need to inform you that they only stood in front of the big wall for the kindergarten and first graders. After these little ones were done drenching them the guys went to another area so that the big kids could have their share of the fun. At one point Pastor Tom was hiding behind a folding chair. It was so much fun just watching the kids have all the fun.






Finally, after all 1000 or so water balloons were burst we had a fabulous hotdog picnic. I don't know who was in charge of it all, but thank you, it was fabulous. We very much appreciate all the work that went into making VBS such a success. Not only is it a fun time for the kids, but more importantly they learn about God, they hear the Gospel, many of them for the first time.