VBS Day 1 - David and Goliath
Oh what fun it is to slide .... to the school!
Our first day of VBS has arrived! The team, teachers and the kids were so excited to be back together after the long weekend. It was a busy but fulfilling day.
We woke up to rain showers which meant we had to whip out the muck boots to be able to walk through the slum. Our local friend Peter bought them for us beforehand so we didn’t have to pack them in our bags. Our hero! The dirt here becomes very sticky and clay like when it gets wet. That doesn’t phase the kiddos though.
Once we arrived, we started the day with some singing & dancing led by the incredible dance teacher, Matteo! It was such a blast seeing the kids faces light up and dancing along with them.
We then split the kids up by age group and got to work on their activities, crafts, and snacks!
Joel prepared an awesome activity for the 4th-6th grade kids. Over the course of each VBS day, the students will build and paint their own wooden race car. Throughout this activity, Joel taught and emphasized the importance of trade work and working with your hands. As a carpenter himself, leading the kids in this activity meant a lot to him. It was so wonderful seeing the kids excitement while building and personalizing their cars. Even the teachers joined in on the fun! Day 1’s task was painting them.
Caryn led the crafts for the little kids (P1-2 and grades 1-3). They painted bandanas and they were so excited they didn’t take them off all day! And Arlene led the activity for the little kids, which consisted of bingo for the first day! Each bingo winner got a sucker as their prize.
Joy & Raelyn were in charge of the snacks. Joy made a giant batch of blue icing which we used to decorate cookies and make the ocean! The blue icing, with the goldfish and crushed cookie “sand” was a big hit. The icing was very sweet for them, they aren’t used to eating as much sugar as us.
They were yummy, someone maybe had more than one!
Yvonne enjoying her treat!
To round out the day, we put on a short play written by Julie. We acted out the biblical story of David and Goliath. The entire team had acting roles and we recruited the 6th graders to be soldiers. Raelyn was David while Joel played Goliath and had a balloon tucked into his hoodie as his head. When David killed Goliath, David (Raelyn) took the balloon and popped it with a thumb tack! The kids loved it and we were all laughing, just having pure fun. It was the perfect end to the first VBS day!
Sunday morning we walked half a mile to Ridgeways Baptist Church for the 10:00 a.m. service. Joy read the info on the website wrong and the first service was from 8:30-10:00 and the second service was from 11:00 -12:30. So, we all walked back to the lodge and waited for another 45 minutes and headed back out. Thanks Joy! At least we got our 2 mile walk in! 👣 👣
