I AM A "C..."

Michael was the Vacation Bible School"Boomerang Express" Train Conductor as the Pastor of Children's Ministries at our home church this year. We had an extremely blessed VBS with approximately 150 dedicated adult volunteers who love Jesus and served children with boldness and love. It was a beautiful site.

Every night, the 200+ children were taught the ABCs of the plan of salvation - that they must "Admit they are a sinner, Believe that Jesus died on the cross for them, and Confess that Jesus is Lord of their life." By the end of the week, 260 children had come to hear the story of Jesus and His love for them...they worshipped, learned and celebrated. They were understanding it!

Abby loved the theme song and rode the "Boomerang Express" very excitedly every night!

We had a beautiful time at the Family Night Carnival on Thursday night. The children sang their songs they had learned all week, the plan of salvation was presented again for all the parents to hear, and then we were dismissed to the carnival on the hill. We thoroughly enjoyed celebrating all that the Lord had done together with live music, food, inflatables, games, fellowship, face painting, balloon animals, laughter, fun, and much more.

Isaac smiled so much this week! He had the best time with his church friends in his class. He learned so much about the life of Peter and grew alot in his faith this week.

The final night of Vacation Bible School brought a sense of relief and sadness...relief that things went well, children were safe, and rest was coming; sadness that it was over. Jonah, our middle son, cried on Wednesday night for over 30 minutes - not a small whimper, but a deep, sobbing, blubbery cry. He was so sad that VBS was ending on Thursday. He said, "...but, it will never be the same, mom. They'll take the decorations down, they'll change it next year and it'll never be the Boomerang Express again." And, who was I to argue with that? It was sad. VBS is one of the highlights of our year - we love to see it come and will miss it when it is gone.

We were so pleased that through the ministry of our Vacation Bible School, 23 people accepted Christ as their Savior and Lord.
Guess who one of them was!!!!!!

Jonah sings, "...I am a C...., I am a C-H...,
I am a C-H-R-I-S-T-I-A-N!"

It is such a tremendous joy to see your own children come to an easy understanding of the gospel message as they are raised to know it from a early, early age. It is the natural response to the call of God on their life as they see it lived out around them. We are blessed that both of our boys - although young - love Jesus and believe that the Bible is true.

We pray the same for our youngest some day...our desire as parents is to see our family complete for the cause of Christ and to see them all in personal ministry...