Topic: God things
Today was a good day. I didn't want to get up at first because I went to bed with a killer headache. When I did, even though I was a little late, I went to our state SBC Vacation Bible School conference. First of all, having grown up in Arizona in the SBC denomination and now having a husband who is a pastor here, I knew a lot of the people at the conference, so it was a fun time of seeing old friends. I even saw some people who had come who I used to help teach when they were kids!
I also was so glad I went to familiarize myself with the new curriculum. Each year Lifeway chooses a theme and builds a really cool VBS from it that is fun and also has a lot to offer in learning world cultures. This year it is the Arctic Edge. The decorating and music and missions times are revolved around the Arctic Circle region and the Bible stories are about courage to follow Jesus. I chose to teach the missions class because I would get to see all the children each day from all grades. We're brand new at this church and I want to get to know the children. But after going to the missions leaders conference, I was full of excitement about missions itself. We watched the video report of the 5 different missionaries we're studying and praying for that week and it melted my heart. Seeing other cultures and the needs there really brings your heart and mind back around to what is important in life. I'm so glad I went and am ready to jump in for all the right reasons now!
We also saw the children's choir from the church I grew up at (!) perform a musical that had all the VBS music and themes in it. There was drama...really good drama....and it was choreographed so cute! It was very inspirational to see children in today's world putting their whole heart into putting on a production about following Jesus. I know it takes a lot of hard work to put one of those on.
