Countdown...3-2-1

Well the countdown is now over and VBS is ready to begin tonight @ 7:30 p.m. There was one last fundraiser yesterday after church selling banners as well as italian ices. Many people gave from their heart and we are so grateful that they did....

Sis. Dorianne and many of us from the VBS team were at Bethel last night transforming the rooms into a place far far away where we will meet Dakota Joe and begin our dig. After a quick bite of pizza and salad the VBS team went right to work!. Sis. Byfield had a wonderful team helping her as she drew beautiful backdrops for the craft room. Thanks to Bro. Ian, Johanna, Sara & Jenny we were able to laminate all of the photo name tags for the children and staff. I saw Sis. Maggie and Melissa up on ladders and carrying stuff out of the garage in preparations for a great suprise. After working three or four hours Caterina went on a Dunkin Donuts run and we all enjoyed donuts and juicy watermelon for a sugar rush which kept us working. Sis. Melissa was video taping all of the team working together. I think I even saw Bro. Alex video recording as well......they got a sneak peak at all of the teams efforts behind the scenes!!

When I left Bethel close to 2:00 am, we had the base Camp ready for Dakota Joe, Digger and all his friends! The Craft room looked ready to go and the Bible story Room looked awesome. I still cant tell you what Bro. Joe has up his sleeve but what I can tell you is this. Bro Joe was sawing, slicing, nailing and putting in screws, tacking, taping, stapling and painting. Words can not explain all he does for our children every year.

Brother Joe and his crew were still working early into the morning when I left. Brother Curt was there ( actually I think Bro. Curt was sleep walking, but they say it is dangerous to wake up sleep walkers...) with Sean working diligently. Vito, Jessica, Caterina, Gideon, jenny Wang all had more enery than I did. Gideon was rolling around on the floor in a tussel with some brown craft paper. From what I understand he needed to do that in an effort for brother Joe and the team. ( Don't tell him but it was so silly and we were all having a ball!) Brother Curt and his crew were getting all the cool sound effects and lighting effects just right.

I can't believe it but VBS is here. No more counting down, no more saying " only three more days, two more days, one more day. No none of that. It is here! Well actually it's 12:00 p.m. so that means only seven and a half hours to go. Hey I have a new countdown. It's only hours away people! See ya tonight.