Vacation Bible Camp

We had such a fantastic week at VBC last week! Our spaces were decorated with sand, a boat, waterfalls, and all sorts of tropical creatures (including a live parrot on Friday!). The halls were filled with almost 100 campers, more than 60 teen leaders, and a handful of incredible adults. Our campers made crafts, learned songs and dances, played games, and encountered Jesus and got into His stories. The older kids went on field trips including roller skating, a movie, and a giant water slide. In short, we had a blast!

We also went on a field trip to Feed My Starving Children. While we were there, we helped pack 228 boxes of food containing 49,248 meals; enough to feed 134 children for a year! Most of the meals we packaged will go to children in Haiti.

VBC also raised money this year to support the Happy Children’s Project organized by Paul and Yami Campion. We were so excited to partner with them again this year and our campers, leaders, and parents raised just over $2,000! We heard stories from some of our youngest campers about them going home to empty their piggy banks, or asking their family and neighbors to chip in. We were so touched by their stories and their generosity; is it any wonder Jesus said, “Unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven?” The money we raised helps to support children in the villages of Los Pastos and La Cuesta, Honduras so they can go to school, pay for supplies, and have a hot meal each day.

Lastly, there are so many people for us to thank! First, we need to thank our middle school and high school leaders; they were so attentive to the children’s needs and were so responsible throughout the week - we were so impressed with them! Secondly, we had adult leaders come in last week to work in Pre-School, Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, Music, Crafts, Games, and Bible Adventures. We were also blessed to have a fantastic Core Team of Adults who helped us plan, organize, and tackle the logistics of this event. We are so grateful for the Youth Core Team who have been working hard for the past 6 months; we couldn’t have been more impressed and proud of the work they did; there is no way VBC could have happened without them. And finally, a big thank you to everyone in the OLP community who shared their children with us for a week, donated supplies or time, or kept us in their prayers; we are so humbled by and grateful for your support.