[Note: As I mentioned in the last Norway House blog post, the teams have been busy moving from the United church, so today's update is very short.]
The enrollment at all 3 locations went down today. This was possibly partly due to having Family Night last night and partly due to the funeral (see July 28th post).
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Team #1 (see blog header for team members’ names)
Team #1 only had 50 or 60 kids today instead of the usual 80 some. Team #1 used a flannelgraph to tell the Bible story today, which worked well. The multiplex Team #1 will be using for VBS tomorrow normally functions as a hockey arena.
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Team #2 (see blog header for team members’ names)
Dan Carlson’s only comment from Team #2 today was that Tim King did a wonderful job performing Jill the puppet in a woman’s voice.
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Team #3 (see blog header for team members’ names)
Attendance was down for Team #3 also, but they still had about 26 kids (which isn’t too bad for Team #3). Again, the kids enjoyed a puppet show today and also “loved making and coloring origami boats” (the story today was about Jesus calming the storm). “The kids are writing all over our shirts again today,” said Cathy. Team #3 took a group picture with the kids, leaders, and the puppets (named Jack and Jill). The kids also worked on making a poster. “Hopefully we’ll get more kids tomorrow,” said Cathy, who just happened to celebrate her 50th birthday today. “I got offered prunes and told to look forward to a colonoscopy… Lots of old jokes today (laughs).” Remember to wish Cathy a happy birthday when the teams return!
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When the three teams had finished teaching at their churches and were back together, they somehow ended up photographing 11 or 12 black bears at the Norway House garbage dump. (We’ll upload those photos when we can.) The now-older Cathy joined Sara, Kayla, Olivia, and Dan for their nightly dip in the lake. [With age comes wisdom...?]
As I spoke with the teams for a short time tonight, I could hear them playing Yahtzee in the background. Between the initial planning, the packing and the traveling, the settling in and the week of teaching, the time taken up with the kids and the working around surprises like having to change locations, the teams have certainly been through a lot together, and it’s great that they can have some time at the end of the day for group devotions, games, and fellowship. Continue to pray for our teams as they complete their last day of VBS tomorrow.
