Day 5: Jezus is Leraar!
"Everyone then who hears these words of Mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on a rock." Matthew 7:24
Our VBS theme for the day was "Jesus is teacher." Another Belgian team member, Claire, taught Jesus' parable about the wise and foolish men and their respective foundations. We sang the children's song "The Wise Man Built His House Upon the Rock" in Flemmish and ate "octopus" for snack! During recreation, we were able to use the field today for outdoor games!! Thank you so much for your prayers as we were not sure it would be available. For craft time, the children decorated wooden picture frames with colored pebbles and glow-in-the-dark sand. We've been impressed by how meticulous the Belgian kids are with their crafts!
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Clair teaching the Bible lesson. |
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Fùtbol in the field |
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Octopus hotdogs for snack |
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Signing together |
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Decorating picture frames (the one silent moment of the day!) |
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Helping the kids add glow-in-the-dark sand to the picture frames |
We spent the rest of the day together as a team :) After lunch at Vivianne and Ivan's house, we drove 1.5 hours (perfect nap time!) to a WWII museum across the border in Luxembourg about at the seige at Bastogne. Then we drove back to Belgium to see the monument in Bastogne dedicated to the American soldiers who defended the Belgian people during the Battle of the Bulge. Our last stop was the Henri-Chapelle American cemetery where thousands of white crosses marked the graves of fallen American soldiers. It was a very sobering experience as we realized the enormous sacrifice that had been paid so that we might be free.
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Val driving in Belgium for the first time! It's legal; they checked :) |
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Staring down the German soldiers in the museum |
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Jeb & Stephanie in front of the Bastogne monument |
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Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery |
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The team on a tank! |
One of our team's handicaps is our inability to speak Flemmish. However, we have been taking opportunities to learn Flemmish words and phrases - some useful, some not so useful, but we find them amusing! At several points during our car trip, we had Vivianne, our driver, in stitches and tears at Jeb's pronouciation of "De Haan slaat terug" which translated means "The rooster strikes again!" This is of course in reference to the evil bird mentioned previously. Ivan also taught Jeb "Melk voor elk" a rhyming prhase meaning "Milk for everyone" which has been quoted throughout the day.
Praise: We were able to use the field today! We had 17 children again today and 2 new attendees.
Prayer: Pray for organization of supplies and good weather for water day tomorrow during recreation. Please continue to pray against discouragment and attack especially against the Bible teachers. Pray especially for the children coming from outside the church, especially Seth, Luca, and Sam, that they will continue to grasp the gospel message.
Stephanie and Sheri
1 comment:
Very cool snack ideas!
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