Kids are Kids No Matter Where You Are

Yes I am!!! (A kid!) 

The VBS yesterday was really a great experience, for us, for the Venezuelans and for the kids as well. We went through craft times, story times and game times. I don't know whose idea it was, but the craft was to color in a precut "frame," then photos were taken of each of the kids. Then in the evening Ralph and Russ did all the work of getting the photos ready to print, so that today we are going to be able to pass them back out! How cool will that be?!?!?

We brought some playground balls (standard equipment in the US) and were surprised that the kids did not seem to be too familiar with them. Then we were even more surprised when they had never heard of 4-square!!! So, after putting the sidewalk chalk to use, we were ready to play. Once they got the hang of the rules, they were all over it! Amy and I noticed later in the day that the kids went over and initiated a game without any of the "gringos" being around to help keep it going. Success!

It was also a huge blessing to see the local church people working so hard to make the whole VBS a success. Wow - they were all so willing to jump in and serve and make a difference. This church is indeed going to make an impact (That is the name of the chuch - "Impacto").

Wifi doesn't always work like it does in the US, so it's not always easy to get pictures into the blog. But we will do our best!

Thanks for the prayers.

-Wade

Church Directory Photo Schedule

Family Portrait for Church Directory
– Thursday, November 12, 2009

Time	Family & Names	# of People	Phone	Image #s	Order
5:30	Jeff & Joy Syme		392-0709
5:50	Tom & Shelly Normile		302-3776
6:10	Dave & Reina Laubischer Katheryn, Daniel		339-5284
6:30	Lew & Carol Stancer
6:50	Tony & Sarah Zullo -- Sick
7:10	Stan & Ruth Sack
7:50	Michael & Teresa Ward Elena, Aiden, Megan, Ryan		391-1423
8:10	Ralph & Vicki Clark Brandon, Joshua, Brianna		232-9851

Family Portrait for Church Directory – Saturday, November 14, 2009

Time	Family & Names	# of People	Phone	Image #s	Order
9:00
9:20
9:40
10:00
10:20
10:40
11:00
11:20
11:40
12:00	Lunch
1:00
1:20
1:40
2:00
2:20
2:40
3:00
3:20
3:40

Family Portrait for Church Directory – Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Time	Family & Names	# of People	Phone	Image #s	Order
5:30
5:50	Kelly, Jim, Sandie, Breanne		570-7664
6:10	Sarah Elwood		597-8790
6:30
6:50	Jason & Rachel Stevens		375-1280
7:10	Mark, Taylor, Susi, Jessica		574??
7:30
7:50
8:10	Tom & Juanita Hunter		330-7362

Family Portrait for Church Directory – Thursday, November 19, 2009

Time	Family & Names	# of People	Phone	Image #s	Order
5:30	Robert & Barbara Wrocfort		531-0522
5:50
6:10
6:30
6:50
7:10
7:30	Rod, Dawn, Jacob Klock		596-4495
7:50

Family Portrait for Church Directory – Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Time	Family & Names	# of People	Phone	Image #s	Order
5:30
5:50
6:10
6:30
6:50
7:10
7:30
7:50

Family Portrait for Church Directory – Thursday, December 3, 2009

Time	Family & Names	# of People	Phone	Image #s	Order
5:30
5:50
6:10
6:30
6:50
7:10
7:30
7:50

Family Portrait for Church Directory – Saturday, December 5, 2009

Time	Family & Names	# of People	Phone	Image #s	Order
9:00
9:20
9:40
10:00
10:20
10:40
11:00
11:20
11:40
12:00	Lunch
1:00
1:20
1:40
2:00
2:20
2:40

Family Portrait for Church Directory – Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Time	Family & Names	# of People	Phone	Image #s	Order
5:30
5:50
6:10
6:30
6:50
7:10
7:30
7:50

Family Portrait for Church Directory – Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Time	Family & Names	# of People	Phone	Image #s	Order
5:30
5:50
6:10
6:30
6:50
7:10
7:30
7:50

Family Portrait for Church Directory – Thursday, December 17, 2009

Time	Family & Names	# of People	Phone	Image #s	Order
5:30
5:50
6:10
6:30
6:50
7:10
7:30
7:50

Thank you all for the feedback. I have incorporated the additional comments.

Here is the revised version of the slideshow.

July 2010 Venezuela Mission Trip Promo

Thanks. I've included the comments I have received so far. Let me know what you think.

I would like to thank John De Hoyos for granting me permission to use his music and lyrics for our slideshow to promote our mission trip to Venezuela. For more information regarding John's music, go to http://www.johndehoyos.net/.
If you would like to go, please contact me or Lew Stancer for more information.

Hi Lew,

Please check out our slide show and let me know what you think. I was thinking we could play this before Steve came up during service to talk to the church.