The NEW boys bathroom at church!

My sister and I painted the boys bathroom at church (the one on the Children's floor). I love how it turned out:-) Here are some photos for your enjoyment...

A sweet little squirrel:-)

A deer must have been passing through here!

Little caterpillar.

And a turtle wandering in.

A bird perched by the bathroom sink.

2 little turtles make their home on the counter top.

VBS Armor of God video!

We've had a great month of Vacation Bible School! Here's the video I made to share on Sunday during the children's presentation! 7 children accepted Christ this month- praise the Lord!

Armor of God Vacation Bible School: A sneak peak

Our church is in full swing at VBS. We are not doing the traditional week long VBS. Instead we are having it every Wednesday night in July. This is proving very successful, and definitely the way to go for following years!

Our entrance to the excitement = the registration table (sign your children in, children get their name tags which are different for each crew, and flyers and memory verse magnets for parents to keep track of):

The main room is big and white. It's hard to fill it up. An artist at our church made the awesome armor decorations! My sister made the colorful banner, which adds allot to the big empty room! We've got the memory verses on the wall, too.

We have 4 groups of soldiers - 2 groups for the 5-7 year olds, and 2 groups for the 8-11 year olds. The group leaders chose names for their group, and kids sit at their shield banner during the whole group meeting times.

"Goofy Gladiators" (little kids)

"613th Regiment" (little kids)

this is for Ephesians 6:13 - 18

"God's Conquerers" (older kids)

"Wacky Warriors" (Older kids)

We are raising money to feed Gypsy Children at a soup kitchen in the Ukraine.

$1 will feed a meal to one child. I glued magazine pictures of food to plates, and pin one plate

up for each dollar we raise. This is a good visual for the kids!

I will post more when we are through. I found it so helpful as I prepared for VBS to look at what other churches did for the Armor of God. Hopefully these pictures can inspire someone doing this theme!

Parachute Project!

Voice of the martyr's is partnering with a missionary in Columbia to make parachutes for carrying the Gospel. The missionary in Columbia packs Bibles, Christian books, and a radio tuned to two Christian radio stations into the plastic bags attached to the parachutes. He then flies his little airplane over guerilla camps, and remote villages and drops these parachutes to the people. Many have come to know the Lord through this ministry!

It is dangerous, and he has been shot at several times, but he continues to carry the Gospel and spread God's love!

Check out this website http://www.perscution.com/columbia for information on how YOU or your group can purchase the supplies to make parachutes!

I ordered through Voice of the Martyr's the supplies to make 10 parachutes. The children in our church could hardly wait for the kit to come!

We spent 2 Wednesday's working on the parachutes - tracing the pattern, cutting out the fabric, writing on each parachute "Dios es Amor" (God is Love), and gluing down the ribbon. Then tying on the plastic bags.

Sam posing with one of the parachutes we made:

Here you can see 2 of the completed parachutes, with the bags attached:

Each child got to write "Dios es Amor". Now when the people receive these, and see

the words "God is Love", they will be reading the hand writing of our children.

I told the kids they are getting to preach the gospel in other countries through this!!

So awesome!

2 of the boys with the poster from Voice of the Martyr's about the Columbia parachute project:

I highly recommend this if you are in any kind of children's ministry! It's a fantastic way to teach your kids about spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, and to open their eyes and hearts to world missions!