This is the Reason Why...

I haven't blogged in a week!

VBS...

otherwise known as Vacation Bible School.

We have spent the last week

setting up, planning, decorating, preparing,

sweating, fixing, making,

and finally tearing down and cleaning up

our sanctuary into a High Seas Adventure! Dave and I both worked VBS

and LOVED every second of it...

so did Simon!

He fell in love with his Group Leaders...

Got to hang with his buddies for a week straight...

sang in a performance

(he wasn't as scared as he looks in this picture)...

Got to see one of our church members

represent our country

as someone who has fought in the trenches for freedom...

Had a chance to give to others in need

(the notebooks are going to the Marines who will give them to

the Afghan children when they go to their villages)...

Got to see a real ship being transformed on our stage...

The ship went from this...

to this by the end of the week!

What an amazing Team effort this was

to put this wonderful event together.

It was an unbelievable stage

that was filled with 92 kids that had a chance

to learn more about Jesus!

That was the best part of the week!