VBS Photos Week 2

They play behind the chainlink fence. A gaggle of boys and girls, large and small, young and even younger. Tonight we went over there to sign them up for VBS and bring them back. The result was 69 kids, up 31 from last week's total of 38. Granted, 4 of them decided they wanted to return home after about 15 minutes. They said it was boring. Not cool enough. Lots of peer pressure going on in that group. They tried to convince a fifth boy to join them in returning home. I looked at him and reminded him how hard he worked just to be able to attend. He finally agreed to stay. Check him out in the very bottom picture with some of his friends. He is holding the red banner.

Oh, the four that left? I spoke with them at length. They agreed that basketball camp sounds really cool. So, I am going to make sure they come for that later in August.

This is where my heart is, reaching out into the community, to kids who have little or no exposure to the gospel. Like I told one of their parents. We just want to benefit the community. Yea, we are inviting them to meet Jesus Christ. And with that, we want to give them a chance to enjoy fun, wholesome activities right where they live.

Some of them are a little jaded and rough around the edges. A few of the younger ones do not yet speak English. Most of them simply want to be loved and to have something fun to do, something different, something that takes them outside of a concrete fenced parking lot.

The awesome thing about all this is that my VBS team is so well trained, well prepared and mature, that I was able to focus on some of these kids, rather than put out proverbial fires. They rawk! Praise God for another great night. I can't wait to see what God does throughout this week and into the next few weeks.