The VBS day one for TRUE NORTH was set to play!!! And we had so much fun!!! We wondered about the scene – nervous and excited – and we HAD to TRUST JESUS… The arm motion is to pull on a rope… and don’t worry, Jesus always has us held tight. 

The homemade compass experiment was kinda iffy if it was going to direct us to magnetic north, but we got through it and we talked about what John the Baptist talked about, Following Jesus, our True North, our Lord. We used magnets and we tested what might stick or not – trust me that I am going to stick to Jesus!!!

I will have more photos later, but the most important image in my mind of the night was the sweet listening of the children to their teacher and the teacher to the children in the video story time – the wonder of interaction…  When we wonder, we can TRUST JESUS…

It was a wonder to me – still is – the timing of the evening – I was exhausted on my drive home (early – left at 330pm) – early enough that I thought about stopping home to see my kitty who was close to death – but knowing both that my daughter was going home early – and knowing I had to finish prep for VBS – I instead pulled into a parking lot and took a 30 minute super power nap – needed it…  It allowed me the energy I wanted for VBS – and we had a blessed fun time. I did both my teaching sessions back to back and had snack – took lots of photos – and even shared with the littlest kids who were back on their way to the nursery. And then I got the call – that my daughter who had just got home was watching the cat and then just then the cat passed – oh the tears – oh the processing – oh the wonder of God’s Timing – was so perfectly timed with getting my vbs in and yet zip home then to comfort and process too…  When we wonder – we can TRUST JESUS – oh the timing Lord…  we had to call my youngest – devastated but this is a process too….  We loved our kitty so very much – we really were blessed by her these many years – and did not see this coming – the short 2 months of her decline. She was young but we had much time…  A wonder of the Lord giving us someone to love and to love us…  When we wonder – we can trust Jesus…

Amen – and let’s do VBS again – day 2 on tap – going to bring in my SNOW!!!!