July 13, 2007
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Central 1 Update #5
Hey everyone!
It was another week of VBS, but every time we run a VBS this summer it is always a new experience. This week we were in Manistee, Michigan. We did the service on Sunday morning at the corps and helped out with a nursing home visit and meeting there as well. Captain Jo Langham told us when we got there that we would be holding a VBS on a beach off of Lake Michigan. We were very excited! We had no idea how many kids were going to come or if we were going to invite kids off the beach. We started VBS on Monday. We got to the beach at ten in the morning, and didn’t finish until two in the afternoon. We had three kids the first day, and again by the end of the week we had eleven as our highest attendance. God has always showed His hand in bringing us kids to spread His Word to. Our team really praises the Lord for that!
Throughout the week, we really learned to love the beach. We took the kids to the park everyday and they looked forward to that part of VBS each day. They did really well on their Bible verses too. Today was our last day of VBS and we had a lot of fun! A local face painting lady called the corps and asked Captain Jo if she could face paint for free! So, of course Captain Jo said yes. The kids loved it and couldn’t have asked for more. At the end of the day, we did an altar call and each child accepted Christ as Savior. Two of the oldest girls, cried really hard. For our team, it was awesome to see the Spirit work like that. We were really moved by how willingly these children wanted to accept and love the Lord we serve.
Our team also got to attend a Manistee town meeting at the Kawanis Club with Captain Jo. It was a cool experience being able to share what we are doing this summer to people who are not necessarily Christians. They were really receptive to what we had to share and hopefully we showed them a little about what The Salvation Army is around the world, not just Manistee, Michigan.We leave tomorrow to go back to Chicago and fly off to the Bahamas! We are extremely excited! Please pray that we arrive safely and that we will have all of our luggage! Thank you for your continued support and love, it is greatly appreciated.
“I have much to write to you…. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.” 2 John 12
Central One,
Alex, Carolyn, Amy K., Amy E. (Crouton), Ashlee and Breann
