VBS

sooo...my job is to post about VBS this morning. We all got there (11 of us plus joyce) in one car...it was just slightly crowded! When we got to kay b and started unpacking our supplies we realized we had forgotten quite a few things, including nametags, the example of the craft, a few nerf balls, and sonise ;) kim vande vusse went back with joyce and found sonise. apparently she had forgotten what time it was or something! but there was no way she wouldve fit in the car in the first load, so its a good thing that kim went back! The kids did good reciting their bible memory, and we had fun singing. they like songs with motions! the story was about hte good Samaritan. kim s has some team members act out the story while she tells it and joyce/molly translates. last night, sarah was begging to be the priest. julie was the man, kristin and tori were the robbers, kelsey was the levite, and i (emily v) was the good samaritan. we split hte kids down the middle so there was a "road". the story went on, and the robbers attacked julie (the kids liked that part). when kristin ran away from julie, she slipped (the floors are REALLY REALLY slippery from the disinfectant) and ran into a ran into a cupboard in the kitchen full of pans. it was really loud! it was around the corner from the kids, so they couldnt see what happened but they heard it! (kristin is perfectly fine). The story proceeded fine, and the kids enjoyed learning their new bible memory for tomorrow. after that, the blue team went to snack, and the red team went to craft. The snack was pieces of bread, which the kids spread jam on. we had heart shaped cookie cutters and they cut a heart out of their piece of bread, and shared it with their neighbor. they really liked the jam. tim, molly's brother, really liked the fact that there was lots of leftover jam he could eat w/ his peanut butter for breakfast. The craft was paper bag donkeys. when the craft leaders started, they realized that we never mentioned that the good samaritan used a donkey to help the man so they quick added that point :) the small group game after kids where done w/ the craft or snack was a bunch of jump ropes, soccer balls, or little nerf balls. We brought out a parachute thing for the big group game and hat about 10 beach balls for them to bounce on it. they really enjoyed it (and throwing the beach balls around after). I really enjoy playing with the kids after the VBS is done. All of the kids are soooo incredibly ticklish. They read way tooo much clifford there, and won't stop calling me EMILY ELIZABETH!!!! its either that or EMILY V because thats whats on our nametags (there ARE 2 emilys along, in case no one realized that :)) most people decided to walk back to the main house, but a few of us drove w/ joyce again.

Two funny kid stories:
1) kim v walked into the nursery looking for one of her kids, and a cute 3 year old was there. She asked him where her kid was, and he went and found her. Then, he proceeded to lift up this girls dress, and check her diaper to see if it was poopy :)
2) Kristin is sitting here with an adorable boy and whenever she looks at him he just BURSTS out laughing!!!!! it is the cutest laugh ever!!!

emily v.