Hecho a Mano - Made by Hand was the VBS theme. 270 little voices sang that we are not the result of an explosion but that we have been specially created by the Designer of the Universe. The leaders went all out and had the church incredibly decorated. The children learned about how Peter grew to completely trust Christ. We enjoyed black light puppet plays, tacos for snack time, an outdoor obstacle course, skits with huge paper mache costumes. One girl who was dressed up as a mother canary and had live baby chicks in her basket that she wanted to protect from "Avian Flu". A big hit were the live minnows that each child could take home in a styrofoam coffee cup.
I (Ingrid) helped with the 3 and 4 year olds - all 38 of them! This is a picture of them fishing for magnetic fish with the help of Pierre. We caught Pierre unaware as he glanced up to see who was calling him. A couple weeks ago, Pierre preached for 20 minutes or so and then another young man from church took over for the next 20 minutes. Not only does Pierre have a nice wardrobe of various soccer jerseys (including Petra's favorite Dutch player Ruud Van Nistlrooy), but Marcel liked his example of "Tag Team Preaching". Wonder if that could catch on back home in Canada...
To promote the VBS, the youth from the church and a group from Manitoba walked around the neighbourhood for four hours handing out invitations. A mom who received an invitation brought her little ones and joined the small adult class of 10 people. She accepted Christ and just a few days later, told us that her life has all ready changed noticably for the better!
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Hey! I was using google and came across your blog. SO you're missionaries in mexico? thats amazing! thats what I'm gonna do! I went on a mission trip to Ciudad Victoria and we helped teach the vbs Hecho a Mano tambien! Fue tan increible! como Dios obro in las vidas de los ninos. =) Dios te bendiga mucho! En que cuidad vives?
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