Hello, dear readers. Did you think I had forgotten you? Not so. But some weeks come with overload and writing a blog gets dropped to the bottom of the list every day. Such was last week. After returning from General Council I was plunged into the last minute preparations for Vacation Bible Camp.
We had a GREAT week at VBC despite crummy weather. As one person put it – it was like four days of indoor recess; yes, she is a retired teacher. We hold our camp at a local park. The only building is an old barn that has been retrofitted for group activity. It is a great building but fill it with 49 kids, along with 22 adults and teens and it is LOUD! Thankfully, I had excellent leaders who would change plans with the drop of a raindrop – and we had plenty of raindrops this week. So, our plans were fluid (pun intended) and flexible. We learned to be adaptable and we changed the order and activity to match the weather.
That said, the weather is just the understory. The main story was what an amazing group of campers we had. 49 children aged 3 to 12 and they were polite, cooperative, engaged and so much fun. What more could a Camp Director ask for? Our theme was “Conquering Challenges with God’s Mighty Power”. Each day the children learned an aspect of God’s love – God … provides, comforts, heals, forgives, loves. It was wonderful to end each morning with the children telling me the stories, crafts and activities they had that morning to underline the theme. And it is delightful to watch our teen leaders, many of whom have been campers themselves, interact so kindly with the children.
It was a wonderful week of growing in God’s love and we have the pictures to prove it.
