Thought it might be easier to just make one post so I'm going to take my journals and attempt to shorten them, this will still be long but its a week worth of VBS. First day in Bulacan running VBS. It was an early morning we had an hour drive out to Bulacan and the first session we ran was at 8 am for around a hundred kids. We got there and had a few bumps, we didn't know we were going to be running a morning and afternoon program as well as a youth night every night. Amber our team leader decided it would be best that we run both vbs but youth night only do every other night. I was in charge of games for the week which was so much fun. We did lots of songs with motions which the kids loved! Biggest thought of the day, was the joy of knowing that I'd get to work with the same kids everyday!
We ran the VBS program out of a church, in Bulacan. The church had some cinderblocks and a tarp over it. Pastor Jon-Jon was very gracious and kind to us. Some of the elders would come everyday to cook for us as well as make sure everything was going well. They were such a blessing as well! The church is raising up youth leaders who are in high school and college. The youth leaders were so wonderful all week helping us, translating for us, teaching us there songs with motions and just hanging out with us. It was so hard to leave them all.
Tuesday we ran two VBS programs and had youth night. Got to enjoy watching the sunrise during my daily devotion. After the first VBS session after we had walked the students home me and Pastor Jon-Jon played basketball on one of the town courts. After lunch I walked to the church to ask pastor a question about youth night and found over a hundred kids waiting for us. They were an hour early and I heard they had been there for awhile waiting. So I asked Macy one of the youth leaders if she would be up to running a VBS program with me for an hour. So we had the other youth leaders join us and we sang songs and had the kids do the motions. Had them all recap monday's lesson and memory verse. Then used the wordless bracelets to share the gospel with them. I taught them the meaning and Macy did a wonderful job translating even with how fast I speak, which was hard for the other translators yet they all did such a wonderful job. All the young adults came over that night for youth night and we sang praise and worship songs and Sarah taught a message. We had a wonderful time playing games and relaxing all together on the roof of the house we were staying in, in Bulacan.
Wednesday day 3 we ran two VBS programs and things went well. We got to buy trumpas, spinning caps. And the students taught us how to play it! It was a really relaxing day. Day four I gave a message on resurrection. We also had youth night which was sad because it was are last night there. The girls on our team had the girl youth leaders sleep over with them.
Friday....wow was friday hard this was are last day and we left at 1 pm. The first session my friend jolly was crying before it started and i asked him why and it was because he was going to miss Ricky and me that broke me down. Then the students had a skit performed on Pastor's testimony and that got all of us crying. then all the kids gave us hugs and more hugs and gifts. It was so hard to say goodbye. especially knowing that these kids ahve to go back to rough lives where they don't have someone to pick them up and give them a hug. one of the young kids is named Ishmael and for some reason the town calls him F U he is insulted by all and his own family treats him like dirt. That broke are team, we all wish we could take home some these kids. The other hard part was leaving the youth leaders. They were so wonderful all week. They are so great with the kids and are walking with the Lord. I hope to be able to keep in touch with all of them and be able to see them again.
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