Today was once again a fun but tiring day.
We had 37 kids at Vacation Bible School this morning, and we had class outside because we were finishing up a project in the sunday school / fellowship room this morning.
Today we were talking about God's plan for us and the ABC's of Salvation
Black - Unrepented sin leads to eternal darkness. It is a condition of the heart that every human has because of Adam and Eve's original sin. (Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God")
Red - We may have sin in our lives, but God loves us and does not want to be separated from him. But the problem is Sin is Sin and the cost of the sin is death. So he sent Jesus to die in our place. The blood of Christ flowed freely for all (Romans 5:8 "For God demonstrates his love for us in the while we were still sinners, Christ died for us")
White- The blood of Jesus paid the price for our sins and washes the darkness out of our lives. It allows us to live in the light of a loving and merciful God. (Psalm 51:7 "... wash me, and I will be white as snow")
Blue- When we repent of our sins and accept the free gift of God's forgiveness, baptism symbolizes our new lives in Christ. Baptism is an outward expression of an inward decision. It tells those you know and love that you have decided to become a follower of Christ, and have chosen to live a new life pleasing to God. (Romans 5:4 "Therefore we were burried with him by baptism.")
Green- Grapes grow because they are being nurished by their vine. Jesus tells us that he is the vine and we are the branches, if we remain in him, he will remain in us and we will bear much fruit (John 15:5). For this reason we must grow in our faith, we must attend church, read the bible and pray. We must be continually growing in our understanding of our Lord and Savior. (2 Peter 3:18 "But grow in the grace and understanding of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ")
Yellow - All this has been done so that we may live eternally in God's glorious kingdom of heaven. (Revelations 10:2 "Be faithful unto death and I will give you the crown of life.")
JOHN 3:16
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believed in him shall not perish but have everlasting life."
The ABC's of Salvation
A
Admit that you are a sinner
B
Believe that God sent Jesus to die for our sins
C
Confess your faith in God and be baptized a Christian
When we were reviewing the ABC's of salvation, this little boy, Daryll (pictured below) got the letter B correct, when i said "yes, good job" he screams with arms raised high, "I win!!!!".
Daryll
Carl Jr. (aka - Poopy)
Wednesday
(yes that's her name)
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Our projects are coming along nicely. Joann has been hard at work re-tiling the sunday school / dining room. She completed the job today, and it looks phenomenal.
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Another project we knocked out of the way was we moved Rev. Trimiar's gigantic pulpit to the back of the sanctuary to be used as a sound stage. But a baptist preacher can not be without a pulpit so three of us undertook the task of transforming an old podium/pulpit into one I'm sure he would be proud to stand behind.
Before
Ashlyn and I began by sanding it down. But as the electronic and sound system tech of the group, i needed to make a Radio Shack run to get the sound system running for Family Night that night.
Ashlyn and Lacey finished up the transformation with a beautiful off white paint job on the podium.
After
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Today the men made awesome headway on the study room and bathroom. I'm not going to tell you what they did, I'm just going to show you.
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After a hard day at work, we got to have some fun. Tonight was family night. This meant the kids got to show what they've been learning all week and we had an awesome cookout. Complete with a water balloon fight, and ended with just us slinging water and each other and putting ice cubes down each others backs.
Each age group did a different song from our songs this evening, and a group of girls did and interperative dance.
And in honor of the turtle who lost his life on the drive over here on Sunday. We presented to Pastor Trey the "Turtle Award".
Tomorrow will be another long day. But this trip has been fun, and has taught me so much. I know I will not return home the same person I came. I know we are helping those here at Living Stones Church but I feel i have gotten more from this trip than i have given.
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