Another overcast, rainy morning of doing devotions before God. Most of us were under the canopy but a few were determined to do their devotions in the rain.
We then broke for a breakfast of pancakes and sausage.
Then off to work we go. VBS left for PandaMania while Cory's team painted the Gaga-ball court, a bright blueish color and they plan to put bible verses on it when it dries, Ken's group ran electrical for a building near the church, and Jeff's group became a mover team for cement blocks and cleared brush. The VBS group was praying for more members and God gave. They had a total of 13 kids today.
After a potato bar dinner we set off for the gold mine since the mountain was extremely muddy. Most of the climb was straight up, climbing on all fours, and scampering over rocks to get to the mine shafts 2 miles higher. Ten people went in to one of the shafts and then realized that none of them had a flash light. Cory came to the rescue with a flashlight app on his phone. So on we went, until the battery on Cory's phone died. Then we returned to the bus in a fraction of the time it took us to climb the mountain.
When we returned to camp we had evening devotions. We read Mark 12:8-34 and Psalm 119:9-16. Then we talked about what it means to love God with all your life.
I loved the gold mine story...those phones come in handy...I bet it was really dark when the battery died. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteFrom the text and the calls home I think I LOST 2 KIDS. I'm glad that you have more kids at vbs and hope a few more continue to join when they hear about the fun,and pray they get a blessing as well.
ReplyDeleteThinking of all of you! A flashlight app? Now that was creative! Wow! How did you find your way back out? I hope more kids continue to come to VBS each day. You are all making a huge difference to all the people in that community. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteOthers had phone that was barely visible but when our eyes adjusted it was easy to see our way out.
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