Day 7 - Thursday

VBS –

This has been quite the experience! It’s so interesting to me that the Chinese, Arabic, Latino and Hassidic (Jewish) communities are just blocks from where we are staying in Brooklyn. Each night we have walked in their communities to observe and get a flavor of their culture. It has been very interesting. Anyway, regarding VBS… I was scheduled to teach the Bible story yesterday – which I did, but not without a lot of apprehension. I’m used to teaching smaller groups of 10 or less. When I found out I would be telling the Bible story to 50 or so kids, I was really nervous. So, my turn came and as I was talking to the kids, I looked around and wow, they were actually listening to ME. Ok, I thought, this is absolutely a total God sighting. You’ve heard from previous blogs how wild and crazy these kids can be, so for them to be sitting still and listening during the story time was totally a God thing. Thanks for praying for me and all of us!! (Of course it helped that Scott, Aaron and Taylor were great actors for me and kept the kids’ attention J). Well, it’s almost 1:00am and I’d better head to bed. We had a great time tonight “out on the town” in Manhattan – visiting all sorts of wonderful places that you always hear about. You’ll have to ask each of us our own fun stories… See you all soon!

Marlene

Construction Crew - Today was like the calm before the storm. We had a smaller crew than usual today because the work load was lighter. This was due to the fact that we could only go so far with the sheet rock taping and then needed to let it dry. The downstairs crew has pretty well completed the floor with only a few minor trim items remaining. Everything is in place for a whirlwind finish tomorrow and the team is pretty excited to see the completed project. We’ve also heard the youth group is pretty excited to see their new room as well. We as a team have felt blessed to be a part of improving the ministry tool God has provided for our brothers and sisters at Vroom Street Church.

John