My God is so BIG!

Today you're getting less of my dialogue and more pictures. Cheer! Our camp and VBS time was so wonderful, full of smiles and laughter (especially when we couldn't communicate!). We had three rotations for the kids each day: art, school, and sports. Each afternoon, they got to choose their favorite one to go back to. Then we had our VBS time at night: lots of singing, a short Bible lesson from Chris, a coloring page, and a craft. The kids just loved it all, from the youngest to the oldest at 19. Here's a glimpse:

Jacob, ready to go for the day...


Humfry showing off his "All About Me" book. Stacey made these with the kids in school one day, and they were a hit!


Out in the sports area, Levi decided "Following the Leader" was a perfect way to transition to a new rotation group. He was right!


Welcome to art time! (Apologies to the school and sports crews; I didn't have as many pictures of those areas.) All the crafts went so well and were so much fun. It's funny to think back and how much I debated which projects would work the best, which ones the kids would enjoy most. Note to self: Anything brightly colored that they can keep for their own is sufficient! The first day we made construction paper shape pictures. Here's my friend Gameli, proud of his work.


Lots of drawing and painting...




This is Ebenezer with his boat picture. (The Band Aid under his eye is from the futbol match the previous day. Proof of the intensity!) He spent a good 45 minutes on this one painting along. He drew every detail and part of the boat with a green Sharpie and then came back and painted each area in a different color, adding the water in last. He also was one of the only kids to come up with his own shirt design. He painted a cobra on the front with the handprint tree on the back. Future artist, no doubt.


This shot is a bit on the blurry side, but here is Jacob and Daniel, two of the oldest boys showing their VBS crafts from the night. This particular evening was on Daniel and the Lion's Den so the kids made lion faces.


We taught the kids several new songs like "Awesome God", "This Little Light of Mine", and the "Jesus Loves Me Rap". "Wise Man" was attempted, but that one was a bit complicated for the language barrier! Here is a shot of Chris and Apenyo leading "My God is So Big". Apenyo was one of the boys Chris helped rescue last year; it was really neat to see him so happy and well adjusted. God has certainly rescued this child.


And who could forget the coloring books? We had over 300 books with map pencils donated to take over to Ghana – thank you! The kids just loved to sit and color and look at the pictures in each book. It was difficult to take the pencils up each night so that we could sharpen them for the next day!


There is indeed nothing my God cannot do! (clap, clap...)