VBS

Gabe did such a great job on pulling together and running vbs. This was his first one so he was a bit nervous on how it would go, but it was awesome. Our theme was power lab so that was so much fun to work with, we had tons of cool science experiments and great music. We met our goal of 150 kids, actually I think we even had a few more than that. And the 3 boys just loved it. John went with the kindergarten group and did really well as long as he didn't see us, which was hard because I was taking all of the pictures. James was with the preschool group and loved his leaders and has asked to go back to vbs almost everyday since. Jordan was in the nursery with some other workers kids and had tons of fun, even did some crafts. I was crazy busy running around taking a million pictures and Gabe was running around making sure everything was running smoothly. It was a great week, but I must say we are happy it is only a one time of year event. :) I have posted some pictures of all of us. Some are pretty basic but I will explain a few. One of the great experiments we did was soda shooting up in the air using diet soda and mentos that was so so cool and tons of fun. Also we made some great gew that the kids all got to walk on. I don't know if you have seen this, but if you apply pressure to it, it becomes solid but keeps it's liquidity form. it is so cool, but you can walk on it. So when we talked about Jesus walking on the water all of the kids also got to walk on water and of course some of us leaders too. :) I can't wait for next year but it is nice to sleep a little in between.

Stand up even when you can't

I love this song and in the recent days I have found great comfort in it. I hope you do to. And God will always give us the strengh to keep going no matter what and I am living that right now. Please keep us in your prayers. Stand You feel like a candle in a hurricane Just like a picture with a broken frame Alone and helpless Like you've lost your fight But you'll be alright, you'll be alright [Chorus:]Cause when push comes to shove You taste what you're made of You might bend, till you break Cause its all you can take On your knees you look up Decide you've had enough You get mad you get strong Wipe your hands shake it off Then you Stand, Then you stand Life's like a novel With the end ripped out The edge of a canyon With only one way down Take what you're given before its gone Start holding on, keep holding on Everytime you get up And get back in the race One more small piece of you Starts to fall into place Oh