Tuesday, July 22

We began our four day vacation Bible school today. The ladies of the congregation proposed that the older teens of the congregation would help us, therefore all the ladies would be able to attend Vickie's ladies class. Rick, Cindy Yarberry and I would teach the children's class. We planned at first for 40 children and then at the last minute planned for 60, making some last minute copies at the copy store. We began the morning with 40 children and then lost count. Some of the children wandered in and then some left and came back. According to Rick the count was at 52 at the end of the class. Actually the children were very well behaved, the older girls were a great help, and the children went outside one table at a time and actually came back to class and were ready for the next project. While the children were in the Bible school classroom making prodigal son rings Cindy was outside helping the children make loving hearts. They had a wonderful time. They do not get to experience things like paint and other crafts typically. The church is made of mostly women and that is a concern of all. Following a lunch provided by one of the members the women had many visits planned for the 'missionaries'.

We divided into two groups and made quite a few visits. During the evening service many we had visited were in attendance.