Saturday, July 14 was our last day of Vacation Bible School. The kids knew it, of course, and were already asking if we were coming back next year.
Day 4 of VBS was the story of the 4 friends, or Jesus Heals the Paralyzed Man. Much silliness went into the prep for this skit. Eva recruited us to play our various roles. My personal favorite actor was the toy monkey on a sleeping pad, who brilliantly played the paralyzed man that was lowered through the roof to see Jesus.
The kids got to be in this skit, standing with Eva who was wearing a sign that said "Crowd." They got to help block the friends from getting the "paraylzed friend" through to see Jesus. I think the skit went over well with our audience.
By day 4, we have the routine down: opening coloring, songs, skit, skit review, snack, craft and outdoor games. Today we finally played their favorite outdoor game, "Blue bird." Which basically is a tag game, with the one who is "it" announcing a color and all other children running to the other side of the field (if they're wearing that color) without getting tagged.
The main activity of the day was really the community meal. This also served as our program for the kids to show off their crafts and songs to parents. I was concerned we wouldn't have many adults, but they came.
We served hot dogs (chili dogs, too), crackers, fruit and cookies. It was fun to connect parents to kids and see families together. The kids put on their Joseph coats and sang: Jesus Loves Me, We Love Because God First Loves Us and (of course) At the Cross. During the meal, we served food and milled about chatting with the people of Brevig.
More later about our last night in Brevig...
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