VBS DAY 1

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Above: Registration went well with no problems. There was heavy overcast but just a little drizzle as the kids walked to the campsite from the local community center where we will meet everyday. In the neighboring town of Hatvan, it rained the entire day. Here it spritzed off and on, but did not cause any problems with teaching, games and free time we had planned for the day. Praise God!

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Above: Our theme for our VBS is a Prayer Museum where the curator interacts with various visitors teaching them about God and prayer. Today we taught the children about the various names of God.

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Above: Niki and Norbi helping the kids learn the lyrics and motions to the songs. Teenager Norbi was able to give his testimony in the small group to the younger teens. It is great to see how thankful he is of God’s grace in his life and how willing he is to tell others.

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Above: Val teaching on Moses meeting God at the burning bush.

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Above: Behind the scenes hard work in the kitchen to feed over 50 kids grumbling stomachs.

The schedule from teaching to feeding the kids, to transitions to game time went really well. We have a higher number of younger kids this year, and we were thankful for their ability to pay attention for long periods of time. One of the kids in camp is known for his bad behavior in pre-school and there were those that recommended that he not attend. Today, we saw God at work as this child posed no problems through the whole day and had a great time in small group. Praise God!

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Above: Game time!

There is a portion of the day where kids are able to choose from various activities to participate in like soccer, tree climbing, frisbee etc. Because our camp is focused on teaching about prayer, we have also included a place where kids can write out prayers to God. One little girl wrote this prayer request: “Please help my mom and dad so that they wouldn't fight anymore.”

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Above: Brigitta also used the free activity time to write this letter to God:

Dear God, thank you for taking care of us. And thanks for this camp where I feel great. At camp and in our small groups we always learn about you. I always come to these camps and I wanted to thank you for making this camp happen. We laugh a lot here and I also thank you for that. Thanks for everything and thanks for dying for us. Thank you. Brigitta!!!! Thank you!!

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Above: God causing the sun to make its way through the clouds toward the end of the day.

Out of the 60 kids, I only saw one with tears (Fruzsi) who seemed to be having a difficult time adjusting to the new environment. The rest of the kids seemed to enjoy themselves with a number of them already used to the schedule from their experience attending our VBS for the past few years.

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PRAISES
• Registration went well without problems.
• Weather did not distract from teaching and activities planned for the day. The sun even came out later in the afternoon!
• No first day emergencies or high friction situations! God maintained the unity and love among the large team serving in VBS.
• Rowdy kids were not so rowdy.
• Kids are learning about prayer and some wrote prayers to God today.
• Good connections already being established between teachers and kids.

PRAYER REQUESTS

• Dezső still has a sore throat and isn’t feeling 100%. He did a great job serving the entire day with the strength God provided. Please continue to pray for his complete healing!
• Please pray for a few kids who are having a harder time ‘fitting in’. Some came without friends and don’t have that instant support and comfort the others have.
• Please pray for some of the older kids who were having a tough time in small group time paying attention and had trouble paying attention in the longer teaching times.
• Please continue to pray that God would give us the weather best suited to fulfill His purpose for these kids in VBS. (rain is still forecast throughout the week).
• Pray that the kids would be able to understand God’s truth we bring to them from His Word.
• Today (even though it was the first) was LONG. Please pray for the entire team to get a good night’s rest and feel refreshed for a new day of outreach!
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