Aloha from Pilot Rock. Tropical weather was the theme of Tuesday, with heat (in the mid 80's) with thunderstorms. But it was a very good day for the team in Pilot Rock.
Day two of Vacation Bible School was success for all involved, with the addition of ten more students. Elaina, Kirby, Cody and Heather all taught the Bible story lessons for their respective grades and each knocked it out of the park. The kids here are loving the songs that are a part of VBS (the theme is Big Apple Adventure- think New York) and one of the catchiest songs is called "Big Apple Adventure". It's been fun to watch the kids see our students getting into the songs and mimicking them.
We've got one family that has really touched the hearts of the students. Their mother is dealing with a terminal illness, and the kids are wonderful little guys, and have really flocked to our students. Getting the back stories on them, and so many of the students here, has been gut-wrenching at times, but it's been such an encouragement to see the way our students respond to EACH child there.
Our service project today took us to the Pilot Rock Community Garden and the home of an elderly shut-in. Her sidewalk was pretty much invisible, but we trimmed the bushes around it, and mowed her lawn and wal-lah, it looks like a new place again. She beamed as she looked from her front porch and saw the work being down (in the heat, and ultimately in the rain). The lawn at the Community Garden was in need of some SERIOUS mowing, and a few of us knocked that out.
In the evening, we had 17 kids at Youth Outreach and Cody and Kristen L gave their testimonies, doing a great job each. We also played the Trash Can Game and Movie Charades, with were both pretty fun to watch. Heather did another great job of leading worship.
Tomorrow will be another busy day of ministry, in VBS, service projects and Youth Outreach.
Please continue to pray for strength and energy for each of the students and leaders as we hit the halfway point tomorrow.
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