Vaccinations (sore arms!), passports, supplies, fund
raising, physical and spiritual preparations are all in work. Which reminds me,
anybody want to buy some pizza?!?
We met twice since the last blog update. We met once at CCFred for a dessert-fest--if
you like Walmart pies and mostly melted ice cream (that’s what happens when I
host!). But the homemade brownies were
excellent and created by our own Youth Leader who is generally known for his
Firearms, not his ability to fire up an oven-- a regular Renaissance Man! I
even put one in my pocket to enjoy laterJ. Our second meeting was at Blackstone Coffee
in Fredericksburg. The very friendly
staff lady, who was a Mary Washington Art History major, informed me that the
refreshingly cool, frosty beverage that I was looking for, without caffeine,
could be purchased. They call it—get ready—a “milk shake”. Who knew? It was great . I consumed it via
periodic gulps of about three slurps each which was all I could handle and
received the concomitant brain freezes in return for my “zealousy”. But I digress. We weren’t there to sup, we had business to
do! The Vacation Bible School team’s mission was to put some meat on the bones
of our (VBS) plan.
In a pretty short period of time, thanks to an “always
organized” (and patient!) assistant pastor, we managed to solidify our theme,
verse, a couple of lessons, and a bunch o’ taskers. With the theme of: God’s Love, we selected
Rom 5:8 as our anchor verse, and selected two of five lessons that demonstrate
God’s Love for us all. The Good Samaritan and the Prodigal Son are
perfectly suited and so were an easy choice.
We’ll have the others in pretty short order. The skits and drama folks have some great events
already in the works and tested during the Dominican Republic mission
trip. We’re pretty sure there won’t be
any repeat attendees. Our local junior
high expert has his keen eye set on several practical application crafts
designed to bring home the theme and the team did some rough work on T-shirt
design. That effort too, is in the hands
of some creative individuals and we made sure to establish a deadline, because
we all know that creative perfectionists NEED a deadline. So do creative
procrastinators for that matter—GUILTY!
Some great news and praise as we have learned that we were provided
with over 400 pairs of crocs which will be greatly appreciated as they hold
their strength, shape, and versatility much longer than your legacy flip
flops.
Next meeting for the whole Haiti Team
is coming up real soon. Keep praying for
the preparation and that God’s grace will keep us humble and engaged in doing
His work.
