Another special event that happened during World Cup Month (Winter Holidays), was Vacation Bible School. We have a teensy tiny church plant here in Peroba, and have a large number of kids show up at our house on any given day. With participation from some of our fellow church members, we invited these kids to come to Escola Biblica de Ferias. Our dear friend Sandro, who drives the school bus, picked up kids from the church here and we all drove to the school, Escola Biblica Cristã. His wife ran the games, his daughter led the crafts, our friend Luiz taught music, and Pastor Thyago had Bible class. There were a bunch of helpers with each group as well. I honestly think the bus ride and the fact it was at EBC was the highlight for most of these kids. There's not a lot going on in Peroba apparently! We had 40 kids aged five through twelve split into two groups, with the majority of kids being in the older group. We had an awesome four days, but I must admit there were stressors, such as crafts not being ready to go, or not being planned at all, and helpers coming more sporadically than I would have liked, the only man who can take the guard dogs in and out at the school not being available one of the days (we stayed at the church), and no one bothering to let us know there was construction at the school going on in the gym. However it was lots of fun, and a lot of kids showed up at church on Sunday in the afternoon to receive their certificate and sing the songs they learned in front of the church after the service. Since then we've done a monthly Saturday Bible School which has had between fifteen and twenty kids show up.
THE most important job. Seriously. This is all the kids talked about: "Will there be snacks?" "What kind of snacks?" "What are we having tomorrow?" "Who made this?" and "Remember the cookies Shaun made?"
We had some handraisers ;)
Singing on the bus was boisterous and fun.
The last day when the school wasn't available we used our road.
The pictures are out of order because they are from two cameras.
Snacks at our house the last day.
The younger group singing their song at the church on Sunday.
The older group.
The kids have been asking when we will do another one. I'm not quite ready for that yet, but I must say I learned a lot from what we did and how I would improve things next time, so I am excited about the opportunity in the future... maybe summer holidays?
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