Our church held it's annual VBS last week. Over 700 kids came and 100 decisions for Christ were made. Every year the children are challenged to bring a missions offering. It is a contest between the boys and girls to see who can bring the most money by dollar amount and by weight. The kids brought their money but made sure to stop by the desk of the "money changers" in the back of the temple. Their bills and coins were traded for rolls of pennies. The kids really got motivated and overwhelmed everyone by bringing $5187.48! Before VBS started the staff began to pray about to whom they would give this offering. They were interested in a missionary that the kids could get to know and see. The Holy Spirit led them to us. They invited us to go and meet the kids and they learned about missions and about what God has laid on our hearts to do. One kid about 8 years old recognized Jeff in the hall and said, "Hey you are the pilot who is going to fly Jesus in a plane to people who have never heard about Him before!" It was so encouraging to see the kids (and adults) get so excited about missions.
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That's a great post. How cool that little kid made that connection in the hall.zhdzf
Sure appreciate Graham participating in the VBS Musical
"OUTRIGGER ISLAND"! The group consisted of 150 children from 2nd through 7th grade.
Heyward and Jennie Hoover
Assistant Musical Camp Directors
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