Captain's Log...VBS date 2007.1

We are underway with the maiden voyage of our annual Vacation Bible School. Mondays are always chaotic no matter how much we plan. Everyone is feeling their way around during the initial session with the schedules and such. Today we have 65 boys and girls roaming the halls with their leaders as they move from class to class. We already have a larger attendance than we saw the last few years. My personal prayer is that we end up somehow with 100 kids on at least one day.

It goes without saying that we are indebted to a number of adults and students for all the set up for this week. The leaders spent at least 40 hours last week just in decorating the building. Lucky for us that the theme is sports related. In Tatum, there is no lack of sports stuff to set up around the building. We have football stuff, basketball stuff, baseball...track and the list goes on and on. We could not even begin to repay these workers for all their time. Mastercard is not the only thing that is priceless.

Is all of this time and effort worth it? Some would have a different opinion than mine. Perhaps there are even people in our community who might want us to fail. Failure is not an option. When plain old folks begin to do something with God's help the possibilities are endless. Moses is teaching us on Sunday mornings that even those who do not have it all together need only the help of a powerful God. Thank you for all those who are making this a great week. You are appreciated.

Bro. Trey