Day Four – God’s Power

We had another very busy day today. We started our first day of VBS at our two sites today. We have one site at the Brainard Avenue Baptist Church for the spanish church that shares their facility. Our second facility is at Hebron Baptist church which is a very small one-room spanish church with an attached empty house that they use for classrooms. The day started out with us getting to our sites early to finish getting organized and getting ready to great whatever children showed up. About 30 minutes before we were supposed to start, the area was struck by a very large thunderstorm that we later learned knocked down many limbs and sections of trees. The Hebron site lost power and never got it back before VBS completed for the day. We were not able to show videos for the day. We persevered and still worked with all 24 kids that showed up at the Hebron site. They were a delight to get to know and we look forward to seeing them again tomorrow. The Brainard site had 10 kids with full power and also had a great time getting to know their kids.

After VBS we ate out sack lunches courtesy of Kathy Davis, the best peanut butter and jelly sandwich that I have had in a long time. We headed over to the VA hospital to perform for the men that were in the extended care facility. Performing for the men was a minor part of what we ended up doing. We spent a good amount of time talking and listening to them relive stories of their time in the service. The kids genuinely enjoyed talking with them and we know that we brightened their day with our smiles.

For our fun event we headed to the Shedd Aquarium to see Beluga Whales and dolphins and seems like hundreds of different species of fish. The fun was just beginning for the Seniors. They left the aquarium early to head back to the hotel to freshen up and dress up. They left for the surprise event in a stretch Excursion limo and headed off to a Blue Man Group concert and a late night dinner. The rest of us split up and walked to some good Chicago food.

We pray that we will have power tomorrow and that all of our kids return for more VBS and bring their friends.

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