The Password Is.....Isaiah 45:5

Yesterday was our last Wednesday for Hopetown Kids Club in Blair Park for the summer...it was a great time!  I walked a bunch of kids back to their apartments afterwards and a few parents were thanking us for what we did this summer and asking when we will do it again.  Some of the kids memorized each week's lesson theme and our Hopetown Bible verse so they received a trophy for their work....it was hilariously wonderful to see them accepting their trophies and doing a victory lap with them :)  There are so many things you learn about life when you spend time working with children in low income housing.  I don't need to go into specifics because there are a few things I witnessed that tear me up (I realize there is a double meaning there....and both are correct), but it really helps me in my awareness of how blessed I am and how many actual needs are out there....if I will just look both ways, cross the street, and LOVE people.

We also have our last night of Vacation Bible School tonight.  It has been such a fun theme this year with all the spy stuff....cracking codes, looking for clues, inspecting the Garden of Eden crime scene, and I think Brad has had the best response this year to any of his skit characters....he is Inspector No Clue...and it is to the point now where he opens a door to walk onto the stage and the kids are already rolling on the floor.  I had some goldfish crackers in my hand when he got home from church last night and I told him to hold his hand out....I put some crackers in it....and then I ate them out of his hand :)  With my mouth full I said, "I think you have achieved what every actor hopes for their audience....that they are now eating out of the palm of your hand" Even though I am married to someone who is good at being funny....it is always nice to know I can make him laugh sometimes.  The skits have been so funny this year that the parents are arriving early so they can watch the ending skits too....it is amazing what a little comedy can achieve.  We did a review game with the 2nd and 3rd graders yesterday and I was amazed that they had such a great grasp on the lessons and verses from the previous days.

My group has averaged about 17 kids this week and last night they got to dress up in a disguise :)  Do you see Danielle in the front row with the hat?  She added googly eyes to her hand and a mustache :)

Karly's disguise....I am proud of her because she put this together on her own....so funny!

The SPY LAB....the professor finally fixed the flux capacitor :)  The kids have been loving all of the object lessons, experiments, and the crazy professors.

I'm kind-of going to miss all the respect my BADGE has been getting me....maybe I should keep wearing it :)  I wonder how long I could get away with that?

He is the Lord and there is no other!  That is a great discovery!  I am praying for all the kids we have taught this summer....that they don't just remember the silly skits, games, or snacks, but that the message of God's Word sinks deeply into their hearts and raises them to walk with HIM.  

THAT MESSAGE WILL NEVER SELF DESTRUCT!