VBS

Oakdale Baptist also brought their own ideas to the table for VBS. As you know when we say VBS in Honduras there is going to be anywhere from seventy five to one hundred plus children. So we shared with Buie via emails he could count on two hundred children per Pastor Pedro. Oakdale Baptist did not let the large number keep them from doing what God had called them to do in Honduras, share Jesus with those beautiful children of Honduras. They had prepared three to four stations for each day. One station was the craft for the younger children, Lisa and Kay provided and Nancy, Emily and Maida, our translator assisted and there also was a craft station for the older boys, Thomas and Kelly provided, Clayton and Karla, our translator assisted, sports station consisted of learning the game of softball, played dodge ball and of course futbol provided by Boo, translator, Caroline and Adam, and the bible story/singing provided by Buie, Pastor Joe, Tony and Egla, our translator Each station elaborated on the bible story taught by Pastor Joe and Egla. Thomas brought in pennies, nickels and dimes he had placed on the train tracks back in Rocky Mount, once they were flatten the young men were able to make necklaces with the salvation beads on them. The ladies provided a salvation book one day for the children where they could read the plan of salvation as they colored the pictures in their book. Each night the entire team got around the tables in the mission house to prepare for the next day of VBS. As we shared God moments we were busily cutting strings, squares, etc to provide enough materials for the 170 children who came to VBS. As always we started with 130 and each day the numbers inched up to 170. But God is good all the time and he provided all they needed to provide an amazing week of VBS for the children. The children of the church and Egla taught the team the famous "El Pollo" dance. So that became an added attraction to the end of VBS each day. At the end of the three to four stations the whole group would get back together in the sanctuary to put closure on their afternoon by singing, offering acceptance of Christ and closing in prayer.