VBS comes to a close

Well, the week got away from me and I haven't blogged the last two days of VBS...yet.

Thursday and Friday went well with around 360 children present. It was amazing to watch all of these kids listening (most of them attentive) as our VBS leader told the Bible story of the day. It was incredible to hear them all singing about how they need to choose to road that leads to Jesus, not the road that leads to death (in Tok Pisin, of course).
The topics covered during the week were:
Will if be afraid or will I trust in God?
Will I be jealous or will I thank God for the thinks He's given me?
Will I be lazy or work hard for God?
Will I be angry or have self-control?
Will I keep on commiting sin or ask God for forgiveness?

Please pray for these chilren. Pray that the things they have heard this week will stick. Many of these children do not attend church regularly and this may have been the first time they have heard of God's love for them.

Please pray also for the many Papua New Guinean women who helped with this VBS and continue to work with these children in their villages. Pray that God would strengthen them and he would provide resources for them. Many of these women have no resources for teaching these children except a Bible and God's guidance (thankfully, these are the most important things to have.)

Thanks for the prayers.

Now that VBS is over, I am gearing up for school to start up again. This week, I've been buried in lesson planning. It is my new goal to start blogging at least once a week so that you all can get a bit more of my perspective on life here in PNG.