VBS what can ya say about that…we had an amazing week with it…Thursday was no change,,,things started alittle slow on Thursday. we had a hard time gathering kids. we started a “Congo Line” didn’t go as planned but was still random and fun. in the end we gathered about 9 kids and had a great VBS. We had to honor of talking to and helping bring 3 more of God’s children to Him, making that a total of 9 (I think) Praise the Lord. Once VBS was over we headed back to headquarters…we had some awesome dinner again…thanks Bonnie, then had our debriefing and worship time. We had the teens begin packing their stuff. once we got that finished 20 of us (3 Pequea Leaders, and 2 Priority 1 interns) headed for town. We got on the subway (again…5 hours on the subway in one day…CHO CHO. Once we reached Times Square we had a good time sight seeing and just being goofy. Some of our teens had the privalegde of having their first Starbucks…not sure how that went, but didn’t hear any complaints…we went to the M&M Store…3 floors of M&M stuff who would have thought. We also went to the MTV STORE…What a joke that was..tshirts…who cares. ESPN ZONE was ok some of the boys got their sports fix…but not so much….I think that is all we looked at while there this time…we then headed back to the subway for anyother hour long ride…man the teens do so well with it…once we got back to the house everyone eventually went to bed. we had some late night cake eating and pranks, but it was good.

Now it is morning on Friday…the teens are slowly showing up to eat, and I mean slowly….then we pack, clean and head to the subway again…then the train and home…more update to come if anything exciting happens…more pictures to come as well.

Thanks for traveling with us and keeping us in your prayers…

Group A went to Manhattan Bible to help run their street outreach. We played with the kids and just hung out. This is where they close a road off for the day so the kids can have a place to play. We played baseball, kickball, Frisbee football, four square. There was a pretty good group of kids there. There was also a couple tables for coloring and we had a coloring contest. The games got pretty close at times. We did sidewalk chalk and hopscotch too. The kids there are so sweet. They are so appreciative too. The parents love having us there just as much as the kids do because the kids aren’t bothering them.

Today at VBS we had nearly 40 kids come out to hangout with us. Group B was late so Group A had to start without them. We sang a couple songs. Then Tosha and Emily R did a rope trick for the kids. After that we did a bible verse in a jigsaw form. Victoria (an intern) did the bible story. We the talked about the bible story and had an open invitation to the kids to talk to an adult about Christ and His love…in doing so we had 3 kids come to Christ…oh what a joyous day…following the invitation we did crafts with the kids. Some of them made crosses and others made angels… We then sang some songs and played some games. We ended VBS in prayer and sent the kids on their way.

Once we returned to our home in the Bronx we partook in another amazing dinner. we followed this up with some debriefing and worship. Then about an hour or so after we finished eating we took a trip to White Castle…yummy burgers…Once we returned back to the house again we just hung out til bed time and there is where we are now. more to come tomorrow about our sight seeing day.

Enjoy the photos

Hello mommy and daddy..miss you and love you guys so much xoxoxo

MEANWHILE IN A DISTANCE LAND GROUP  “B”  HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WALKING DOWN THE SIDE WALK WHILE A MAN SPRAYED CHICKEN DROPPINGS AND BLOOD OFF OF IT….

THEN THEY HEADED TO MANHATTAN BIBLE CHURCH WHERE THEY MET SOMEONE WHO LEAD THEM SEVERAL BLOCKS TO A STREET THAT THE CITY OFFICIALLY CLOSES DOWN FOR 2 MONTHS DURING THE SUMMER. THEY DO THIS TO PROVIDE A PLACE TO HAVE ACTIVITIES FOR THE LOCAL KIDS IN A STRUCTURED ENVIRONMENT. THE GROUP PLAYED WITH THE KIDS. DOING  SUCH THINGS LIKE CHESS, CHECKERS, WIFFLE BALL, FOOTBALL, CHALK…ETC.

DURING THIS ACTIVITY TIME A SMALL GROUP OF THE TEENS WENT BACK TO MANHATTAN BIBLE CHURCH TO HELP MOVE SOME BOXES AND OTHER ITEMS FROM A MAN’S ATTIC. …

AFTER ALL OF THIS WAS FINISHED BOTH GROUPS MADE THEIR WAY TO THE PARK SO WE COULD BEGIN OUR VBS. IN-ORDER TO DO THIS WE MUST AGAIN RIDE THE SUBWAY…DAY 2 ON THE SUBWAY THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER. WE STILL CAN’T FIND OUR WAY AROUND TOWN BUT WE CAN STAND WHILE RIDING..(WELL IF WE ARE HOLDING ON) I AM SURE BY THE END OF THE WEEK WE WILL HAVE SOME PROFESSIONAL SUBWAY SURFERS.

ONCE THE ENTIRE GROUP REACHED THE PARK WE SET THINGS UP FOR VBS. OH WHAT A TIME. WE BEGAN THE EVENT WITH FREEZE TAG..WHY DOES DAN MAKAUSKAS THINK HE HAS TO RUN FULL SPEED AWAY FROM 5 YEAR OLDS IN FREEZE TAG…WHAT A GREAT EXAMPLE. ONCE THE KIDS GOT SOME OF THEIR ENERGY OUT WE HAD THEM SIT ON THE TARP. WE THEN BEGAN TO SING. AFTER SINGING SOME SONGS WE HAD A PUPPET SHOW…OH WHAT FUN THAT WAS…WHAT REALLY DID HAPPEN TO THE FISH…HMMM STAY TUNED. ONE OF THE INTERNS FROM PRIORITY 1 DID A BIBLE LESSON ABOUT THE SHEPARD LOOSING HIS ONE SHEEP AND HOW HE LOOKED FOR IT. WE THEN TURNED THE LESSON INTO A CRAFT MAKING SHEEP WITH THE KIDS. THEN WE PLAYED A PAPER BALL GAME “BEST OF 3″ AND THEN WE SANG AGAIN…I LOVE TO WORSHIP…

AROUND 5:30PM WE PACKED OUR STUFF UP AND MADE OUR WAY BACK TO THE SUBWAY FOR OUR HOUR + RIDE…..ONCE WE RETURNED HOME WE HAD SOME AMAZING DINNER…BRYCE WAS THE ONLY ONE TO GET SECONDS…OH WELL…AFTER EATING WE HAD WORSHIP AND DEBRIEFING…NOW WE ARE RELAXING AND NATE KREIDER IS TRYING TO TELL A RIDDLE BUT IS MES SING IT UP…YES WE ARE AT THE LIVE UP DATED HOUR…MORE TO COME.