233 email about VBS to Pastor and co-chair, 31JULY:

Full House awesome… I was definitely nervous tonight… Definitely felt that uncertainty of “I have a captive audience to tell them everything exciting Jesus had done for me, tell everyone of my blessings, etc etc…” VS. NOTHING about me… Good thing I had planned that giant snow ball to calm me down… Blessed…
I was nervous in the prayer room… Funny how I can write all I want, and be so free at the actual morning VBS, sing as loud as proud as I can, and up!!! Our music leader and I sang a song everyday – just the two of us -pumped up for the Lord!!…  but nerves got me tonight…. I was nervous about how to share my burst in faith without it looking like it was about me… Because I know it’s not about ME being proud that God took an interest, but me telling how humbled I am that God uses me and my WHOLE toolbox… And how God uses OTHERS… That is where I should put my story telling… 2nd Corinthians Paul said I will boast about this other man who got to see layers of heaven…

So I realized all I REALLY have to do is JUST share my faith… (And then in the right settings with the people who already know me or not, I can explain the burst of my faith in as little detail or as much detail as feels appropriate..)… So tonight I shared that my faith was strengthened by boasting about the audience’s awesome children who enable ALL of us at VBS to see Jesus at work… To praise them because it’s thru teaching children (and teaching/reaching adults) where I have seen Jesus at work…

I know at some point I will nail down motivational stories in short and in long format… I already have audiences to tell other people stories to…. And it’s ok to tell my story too, I’m going to have to continue to tell everyone that it’s God who caused this weight loss and healthy life. I do that now, when I get those “wow” reactions I say in short “that’s one powerful God, I had nothing to do with this but follow HIS plan”…

Thanks for everything this week!!! You two and everyone kept me from a potential snowtastrophe of climbing too fast and too high… next year down down down… Deep into the earth we will go…

Day 1… Jesus gives us hope.
Key Verse: “O Lord, you alone are my hope.” (Psalm 71:5)…

Yup Yup Yup, spelunking for Jesus… when things are dark, finding the light of the world… Light up OUR world, Jesus… Thanks GOD! Thanks for our VBS family!