VBS 2017

While Nigel served in Costa Rica this past week, Stewart, Marie and I had been serving the campers at the VBS at Pittsford Community Church.  Tabitha, Johanna, and Katriel all got to embark on Operation Arctic.  The emphasis all week was the Bible. 
B = Book of Books
I = Incredible Impact
B = Bedrock Base
L = God’s Love Letter to us
E = Exciting to Explore

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Marie worked in the four-year-old group (Katriel’s group).
I led group 1A (Johanna’s group).
Stewart was a Bible teacher.
Tabitha was in her final year as a camper.  Fifth graders get to do their camping out in the “Garage” where they follow a slightly different rotation and dig a lot deeper into the work.  Next year Tabitha gets to come back to VBS as an assistant. 

Costa Rica–update…..

Well – life got busy as VBS began, and I didn’t get to do daily Costa Rica updates. 

But we got our son back from his first short-term mission trip in the wee hours of Friday morning.

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He did not take a ton of photos, but here are some from his camera.

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And I have a few some of the other members sent to me.

They spent one day doing a debriefing in a hotel on the Pacific coast.  The sand was very course and the waves were strong.  A few team members were baptized that day. 

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We are going to let him sleep in in the morning as the rest of us head out to our last day of VBS.