Leaving Cali

The California Adventures are coming to an end! Our last week was amazing! Vacation Bible School at Emmanuel is the biggest and grandest kids’ event I’ve ever been a part of. There were over 300 kids each day, and it takes the entire church to be involved, including over 100 volunteers and many of the pastors and staff. I was the 2nd grade storyteller, which meant that I told a Bible story to 3 groups of 2nd graders, about 20 kids each. It was a struggle, especially because the kids often seemed like they weren’t paying attention, but we reviewed each day about the previous stories, and they could remember, so that was especially encouraging. And it was all worth it because on the last day, I prayed with each of the kids individually and gave them the choice to ask for a blessing or to ask Jesus into their heart, and ten kids accepted Jesus on Friday! Wow, that was so exciting. It is hard working with kids because you don’t always see the fruit of your labor, but I guess I just need to leave the rest to God. We also had some visitors from Central, so it was wonderful to enjoy fellowship with them. I can’t believe that today is our last day here, and I’ve already had to say goodbye to so many people. It is all bittersweet, though. I’ve had such a great experience here in California, but I’m also very excited to come home and see my family and friends. So I guess that this is goodbye via blogger for now. I will start up in about a month, though when I am in Spain for the fall. Thanks for reading these blogs and supporting me. I hope to talk to you in person soon!