2012 VBS A SUCCESS!

We had a great VBS with our small team of 4 people from the U.S. Our local Guatemalan helpers went above and beyond the call of duty, and it was a great thing to see the youth of the church step up and become better and better leaders.  A Guatemalan translator in each classroom completed our powerhouse team!  Taking pictures is hard to do when things are happening so quickly and the teams are so small, but here are a few images to start!

Here are the runners that my students colored.  The sub-theme of the VBS was an Olympics theme, and the VBS was "Champions of Faith", published by Concordia Publishing.  The lessons were all very enjoyable and teachable, and it was fun to see the kids being challenged and growing in their faith.

 Everyone in my class decorated a notebook.  The kids get really into this and enjoy using all different types of markers and foamies which are things that are not readily available in Guatemala.  They were then able to use their notebooks to record the daily Bible verses and mini assignments that they had in class.  The highest number of kids in my class was 38, and it was pretty chaotic to have that many in one room at the same time!  The above picture also shows a cross that kids decorated with "jewels" and glitter glue.