Getting Ready For VBS!

Vacation Bible School starts in the morning. I have had ateam of people working with me for months getting ready for the 12 hours wewill spend with the kids this week. Stuff has been piling up in offices forweeks. People have been cutting out sheep for the kids to find when we learnabout the lost sheep. Others have cut clay, donated items, and generously givenof their time.

I have no idea how many people or how many hours has goneinto this year’s VBS but I know many people have worked hard!

Tonight I can’t help but wonder if the kids will ever knowjust how much work goes into everything we do for them.  They don’t have a clue that all thesepeople have given hours of time so that they will feel loved and have a goodtime this week.

And I think that is the point of it all. This is pure love.Doing for others without expecting anything in return. Making the week extraspecial for children because they are extra special.  And creating a space where every child is welcomed cared forand where they can experience God.

I hope they never find out how much hard work went into thisweek. I never want them to, for one-second, wonder if we did it because we “had”to. And I hope that when these little ones smile, laugh and hug us, we knowthat when we love, love is always returned.