Day 4

Tonight will be a short post. However, tomorrow I will be posting several pictures and possibly our first video.

VBS began today at Rosemont Baptist Church and Northbrook Villas. Rosemont had 9o in enrollment, not counting SBC kids and adults. (On the first day last year we had 73 on the first day.) Northbrook Villa's had 63 in enrollment today, not counting SBC kids & adults. (On the first day there last year we had 18!) Needless to say it was a very successful first day of VBS.

This afternoon we went to Sharing Ministries, a food distribution ministry in Montrose. We scraped, primed and put a single coat of paint on the exterior and part of the interior. It was hard work and the students did a great job! The folks at Sharing Ministries were so impressed with the spirit and attitudes of our students. They were also amazed that they would give up and entire week of their summer to come and do work for people they've never even met! To illustrate this, a total stranger drove by and inquired what we were doing. One of our students explained that we were on a Mission Trip and he reached in his wallet and gave them some money right there on the spot. We happily gave the money to the food pantry.

Tomorrow we will divide in half. One half will continue painting and the the half will go river rafting. Then on Wednesday we'll all switch.

Thank you for the continued prayers. Keep 'em coming!

Until then,

Buck