VBS Adventures - Day 1

Well day 1 is done and finished! Yeah! It seemed to go really well and without too many glitches. The kids seemed to really enjoy the stations too. I have Windsurfing as my station and my name is Gale Winds...and our bible story is in Luke, about Jesus calming the storm. Our theme verses for the week come from Psalm 139. I had the 5-6 year olds today and are they ever full of energy!!! It is really neat how each one is so different...in personality and such. I think God must find much delight in creating each one of these precious souls...His creativity is amazing! And to think that He knows each and every detail of these rambunctious kids, and loves them so very much already. My prayer for this week is that God's love and message will shine through each and every lesson, song and story...and that these hearts we have been entrusted with this week, will be touched in a very special and lasting way.

Still a country girl at heart

So tonight I had to drive out of the city to drop some VBS stuff off for someone and they happen to live out in the country. Driving out there I had the AC on but after I had gotten out of the vehicle I smelled fresh mown hay....mmmmmm! On the way back into the city, I then took the long way around with both windows down smelling the fresh air... full of smells of fresh cut hay, canola flowers, along with that bit of a swampy smell from ponds. It was wonderful....the blackbirds were singing all along the side of the road making a wonderful symphony of noise! It really made me miss living on the farm back in Kelowna tonight. It is really too bad that you can't bottle that fresh country smell. I would have jars and jars of the stuff in my house and sniff it to my heart's delight whenever I missed the farm. Living in the big city has a lot of good points and normally when I am in the middle of the city, I don't feel like I miss the country at all. Now don't get me wrong, I am happy in Calgary, but tonight for awhile, I really missed BC and the farm. If I had the opportunity to choose to live anywhere I wanted, I would pick the open country (yes, bugs and all) anyday....hands down.