VBS Day 1- Brooklyn Missions Trip

Have you ever had such an amazing day- but long- day that you just can't believe everything you just did all happened in one day?! Yup,that was my day today, but it was fantastic.

 The first thing we did was the basic everyday morning routine.  Wake up, eat, do our personal devo's, then group time.  After group time concluded, we had time to prep for our VBS that afternoon.  When it finally came time to host the VBS, we were all anxious and so ready to just have fun!

 Looking back on that two- hour time period now, I see God's hand written all over the entire experience.  When we were preparing for the VBS we were told to expect five- maybe ten kids for the first day.  WE HAD TWENTY KIDS SHOW UP! Hallelujah!:) Now, there were definitely times of difficulty,but nothing really proved to be a huge road block.

 The one thing our group realized today was that the kids were having a hard time obeying what we asked them to do, for example= stay quiet when it was lesson time.  The way we decided to fix it for tomorrow is to have us BUMP teenagers sit in between the kids, that way we might have more control over the situations- especially since there is such a big language barrier.  Through everything, God definitely was in control, and I can't wait to see what tomorrow's VBS day has in store!

After the last child left the building, we had a little time to hang out and regroup before we headed out into the city for our scavenger hunt- which was scheduled for a little team bonding fun! After we finished our hunt, we had our last team meeting for the night.   During this meeting we had a chance to process out loud everything we experienced during the day, and we had some time to say some encouraging words to a team member we were assigned to pray for throughout the entire day.  This time was really beneficial to us because we all realized how far a nice word can go.  We all grew as a team today- and with that I say goodnight! Thanks for reading!:) -Emily