VBS

Over the course of two days our team ministered to 500 school children at New Jerusalem Baptist Church Children were bused in, arriving in four different groups (Monday morning, Monday afternoon, Tuesday morning and Tuesday afternoon) from various schools in Guatemala City. I was a little blown away by the fact that public schools allowed children to go to church for a field trip while in the U.S. you can’t even pray in school!

I was on the VBS team on Tuesday. We started in the main room of the church for a time of worship in song and dancing. The kids loved it! Then as the Spanish version of Agnus Dei we all walked throughout the room placing our hands on the children and prayed for them. It was such a special time of prayer. Then we did a David & Goliath skit. Yes, I was reluctantly in the skit. Then the kids were divided into groups. Crafts & music. Story. Game/Recreation. I was in the crafts and music group. It was so much fun interacting with the kids helping them put their craft together and then learning the Spanish songs as Tyler led the music. For one song, we hugged each other during the chorus and it was so much fun picking out an unsuspecting child to run over and hug during that time. I think they liked the songs as much as we did.

After they finished their craft, we let them throw it (basically a tennis ball in a bag supposed to be the stone that David used to throw at Goliath) against the wall and the kids were going crazy. As the kids were going wild in one of the groups this sweet little boy maybe 7 years old came up and hugged me out of nowhere. Then he ran off to play but kept his eye on me as he was playing. It was so precious. I wasn’t thrilled about doing VBS because I really wanted to love on the kids at Tabitha House but it was truly a blessing to share Christ with so many kids.