Son Rock Kids Camp

I've been so excited to tell you about VBS, I just haven't had the time until now!!

This was the first time Nate and Christian got to go to VBS. They weren't so sure about the idea at first but then they found out it was called Son Rock Kids Camp and they were excited.
It was a very busy week, but so worth it for the kids to have this experience.


Look how proud he is to be sitting there like a big boy. He did tell me later that he liked the playing the best. He didn't like all the singing and stories. What on earth is he going to think of preschool next year.?
That's our buddy Carter on the left!

And Nate doing some of the motions to a song, while sitting backwards in his seat.

See if you can spot Christian and Nathan!

I was pleased that Christian was actually trying to do the motions. This was during the closing program for the parents. That was my one BIG disappointment of the week. I missed the entire preschool closing program because I was teaching the elementary students that night. Since I've never had a kid in VBS before I didn't put two and two together to realize that I was going to miss Christian's program until the week of VBS. Note to self...don't volunteer next year to teach on the last night! But Ryan and Auntie Mimi were both there to cheer him on and I caught a few minutes at the beginning so he didn't even know that I was missing.

Love him!

And I'm not quite sure why Abby is looking all grumpy in this picture. She really did love VBS! It was a great week for her!

The elementary students had a different VBS. Theirs had a boot camp/army theme. Sorry, but I didn't get a picture of me all dressed up in my camouflage. I know you would have loved it! And I loved being called Sargent :)

It's a super blurry picture because we were sitting far way, but there's Emma during her closing program!

I may have been disappointed that I missed Christian's little program, but what God accomplished last week was so much bigger than me and I am humbled to pieces that He chose to use me to minister to the hearts of these kids last week. I taught the 4th and 5th graders on two different nights and both nights were totally amazing! I could go on and on about how I really and truly felt God move in our midst, but I'll sum it up by saying that on Tuesday night I had the honor of leading 9 kids to Jesus! WooHoo, nine kids who will spend the rest of eternity with Jesus! It was thrilling. And I think a total of 28 kids asked Jesus into their hearts last week. Of course I cried, some of them did too. You know when you're in fourth and fifth grade you start to deal with some pretty major stuff. And some of these kids indicated that they really felt like they were in a "battle"(remember it was an army theme) in their lives. Several kids shared with me their struggles they were having with their parent's divorce. Some of them shared fears that they had been dealing with for years. On Friday they had the opportunity to write down something they felt like they were "battling" and it was a major moment for some of them. I saw lots of tears. Then we talked about who wins the battle in the end and who can help them with the things they're facing. JESUS! It was an awesome week and I can't wait for next year.

We ended our VBS week with an ice cream social. What fun for these three and if you think my husband looks like he's wasting away...he is. That running fool has lost...I wonder if I'm allowed to tell you....well I'm going to...he's lost over 40lbs! I'm so proud of him, especially for maintaining it during this stressful time at work. Now if only I could do that...

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I've got to give a huge thanks to everyone who helped make VBS an incredible experience for my kids! A special thank you to Chris and Annette! You guys are amazing! Thanks for giving of yourselves to help our kids grow to be more like Jesus. You accomplished something for eternity last week!