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Things we want to thank God for
• Providing the opportunity to be involved with this camp.
• The kids that came
• Taking care of everything
• Opportunity to meet His loving children in this community and working with his great people.
• VBS and Lakewood Baptist Church
• The chance to work with so many little kids.
• Bringing so many kids and exposing them to God’s goodness.
• The children’s open hearts.
• For always pouring out His love towards us.
• The unbelievable experience this has been.
• Allowing children to come and learn about God.
• The kids – how He moved through them and the questions they had for God.
• Given me the energy to cook and make snacks for everyone.
• Too many blessings to name.
• Learning a lot during this experience.
• This opportunity to be with these kids. Great learning experience.
• VBS.
• Giving me the chance to serve and help others to know Him.
• Having this opportunity to volunteer.
• The strength to deal with ALL these children and the opportunity to be able to witness to the kids & teach them about the Lord.
Things we have learned…
• God always provide (i.e. kids, supplies, funds)
• That kids are bad and good
• How much God loves this community.
• That so many kids showed up and enjoyed their time here.
• Everyone is friendly if you just say hello.
• God will guide you when you are lost and never give up on somebody.
• They (5-6 grades) are a lot harder than I thought!
• Love those who behave well, but give more love to those who might misbehave b/c they are the ones who need the most.
• Reminded once again to have a heart like a child.
• To work towards loving unconditionally.
• Even young children can be receptive to God’s word.
• To be patient and how to love kids that come from different backgrounds than I do.
• When there are a lot of kids, be calm.
• That an enormous amount of time is needed behind the scenes.
• To be more patient and appreciative.
• How to deal with younger kids.
• About servanthood.
• That some children need more love than others to set them along the right path.
• How God is working in these kids.
• No matter where someone comes from, they all want to hear the Word of God.
Things we would like to do better
• Helping out in other areas outside of “roles”
• Disciplining?
• Yes
• Reaching out, meeting more neighbors and be equipped to preach gospel as I meet them.
• VBS is exhausting.
• Be more prepared.
• Pray more for the kids
• Have a stronger constitution.
• In ways to allow kids to be themselves, at the same time have them under control.
• In being patient.
• Getting the children’s attention.
• Have more time to pray for kids during meeting times.
• Keeping organized.
• Organization.
• Being able to understand kids better.
• Handling children.
• Disciplining kids.
• I would like to be more alive (lively)
• Get to know the kids more.
• Learn more about God & His word so not only I can learn more, but so I can share.
Areas of the program we would like to see improve
• Age appropriate games/activities
• Overall, organized well, but a few parts were too long for the kids’ attention span.
• Yes
• In more organization and arrangement in administration (check-in, check-out, rides)
• Use material that’s more applicable to these kids (for example, the 1st video about “the best surprise you’ve had “was all about materialism – which I think is not a video we should be showing these kids who don’t have much.)
• Smaller groups that are more organized.
• More organization during meal times.
• The children’s obedience to teachers.
• Teaching time for an hour felt too long and difficult for kids to stay focused – better time intervals!
• Disciplining the kids.
• Discipline.
• Continued growth/building relationships/follow-up with kids we saw at VBS.
• More people and smaller groups.
• More volunteers interacting, smaller groups.
• More volunteers.
• Different programs for different ages.
• Simply, a big more time to plan for lessons & coordination w/ parents to get them to and from church.
• More people attending but smaller groups = less rowdiness in the classrooms.
We want to pray for
• All the children and their families that they may come back to LBC/GMCC and open their hearts to Christ.
• That the kids will keep coming on Sundays
• Continued attendance/relationship with the kids.
• Burmese kids
• Tanija (kindergarten)
• Everyone who was involved in VBS and Michael, Pizza Man, Maintenance Mac, Water Girl and Sabrina.
• All the volunteers that helped out with VBS and all the kids.
• Valaquez – I think he has great potential but needs a nurturing environment.
• That they will grow in the Lord and not become like the world.
• Min and children ministry teachers, a few kids from class.
• The young kids, that they truly understand the msg.
• Children’s spiritual development.
• All of the kids to grow as disciples of Christ.
• My family and all the kids who came to VBS
• Michael and family.
• All the kids to accept Jesus Christ.
• Change in the kids to become leaders in their community.
• My kids.
• The children’s success in life and that they develop a personal relationship w/ Christ.
• Christopher McCormick.
• Michael and his mom.
Things we loved about this VBS
• Being able to just love on the kids
• The kids were so open and easy to get to know. I am really glad we did this
• The kids
• The passion and energy that was poured out for God.
• Interacting with the kids
• Help the kids and showing them the way to God!
• How the teachers would work with the kids no matter what they did.
• Getting to know my students individually, the relationships.
• The children’s response.
• To see God’s love being reached out to children.
• The children!
• All the children.
• Pouring into the kids.
• The children’s faces.
• All the kids, excitement of them.
• The kids and the songs.
• Building bonds with the kids in our class.
• Organization.
• Seeing God’s work in action (The kids!)
• Assisting the children.
• Being able to help the students learn about the Lord.
