Back in the South…

So, I’m finally back home. The 10 weeks spent in Michigan were amazing and I wouldn’t trade them for anything. The experience I got with the Deaf community is absolutely priceless. The things I saw God do were mind blowing!

VBS at the church went very well. It was a very busy week with very busy kids, but it was totally worth every bit of the time and energy spent. Our preschoolers were awesome kids and lots of fun to teach. There was a great turn out overall and praise God for perfect weather all week…it did get a little chilly toward the end of the week, but the rain held off until after VBS.

I made some incredible friends and gained experience that a lot of people never get the chance to have. God has taught me so much this summer. I won’t say it was an easy summer…there were hard days and difficult people sometimes…but God was and is faithful to get me through even the roughest days. Thank you to everyone who supported me…there are way too many to begin listing names…you know who you are. Thank you so much for your encouraging words and prayers throughout my time in Michigan!

New Pictures Posted!!!

Check out my new pictures that are posted on the “pictures” page. These are the ones from my collection that best represent my summer. I hope you enjoy them and take some time to pray a quick prayer for each person you see…ask God to work in a special way in that person’s life…the names aren’t listed, but God’s so cool that He knows their names.

I’ll do a quick update on VBS while I’m here. We’ve finished 2 days on Outrigger Island and things are going very well. They are having a great turn out. I’m not sure on the numbers, but they’ve got a large number of children attending. I’m working in what was supposed to be the 3′s, 4′s, and 5′s class…due to a lack of workers, we became the birth-5 class. Our first night, we had 11 children, I think. The kids learned about God using Moses to part the Red Sea and lead the Israelites out of Egypt. We had the workers to handle things so the night went smoothly. We ended up not having enough time to do everything we wanted to do with the kids…so we had to cut out a bit. Overall, the night went great and we had lots of fun with crafts and games and such. Tonight was our “2nd wave.” The kids learned about the birth of Jesus. We had 16 kids (2-5) plus a baby and we were missing some helpers. It was a great problem to have but a little crazy to say the least. We had so many kids that I think it was a bit overwhelming for some of them. Tonight was definitely the more difficult evening. Even though we had more kids, we managed to get through things quicker and had too much time. So we’ve talked as teachers and figured out a game plan for tomorrow night…we’ll see how it works. I’ll let you know how the rest of the week goes! Pray that God will stir in the hearts of these kids this week! Thanks for your prayers! : )