Camp Week, Part 2 (Girl Version)

Ava and Maya had a fun time at Vacation Bible School at a nearby church this week while the boys were away. This was Maya's first time to go to VBS and she loved it! They learned new songs and Bible verses, made new friends, as well as spent time with old ones, made cool crafts (including the neat garden stones shown below) and had fun at the end of the week program, lunch and game day. They also participated in raising an incredible amount of money to send some local under-privileged kids to camp! Praise God!

Emma had quite a different week without any of her siblings home in the mornings! Strange, indeed. She spent time resting, reading, watching movies, playing Wii with Bob and helping me clean and get some things organized.

It was a crazy-hot week but soccer carried on, as usual.

She and Bob also enjoyed a daddy-daughter date to lunch and our local art museum!

Many blessings!

VBS

Our children have had the privilege of joining a Vacation Bible School at another church in our neighbourhood for the past five years. They look forward to it each summer. This was Ava's first year to be *one of the big kids* and she was beyond thrilled. This was Emma's second year to be a youth volunteer.

This year's theme was a prayer safari. The children learned the Lord's prayer (Matthew 6) and all about the continent of Africa. The missions project this year was to raise money to buy goats for families in Africa. At the end of the week they had collected enough money to buy 10 goats! So cool!

Here are some photos from the last day. They had an African bazaar with games, face painting, mask making, etc. It was great fun!

Blessings!