We held Vacation Bible School at the community center in Yorishima. Our overall theme was "Jesus Loves You." We were blessed with the attendance of Youka, Yuki, Mana, Nagisa, Fubuki, Arashi, Fua, Tomoki, Eichi, and Riho. Eichi's parents joined us along with Riho's mother and even Pastor Mori and his wife joined us too! The first day we had a bowling alley with the theme, "With Jesus you can 'knock down' the challenges you face!" We sang "Jesus loves me this I know," and "Aisarerutame" which means "You are loved by God." Then we told the story of Jesus' birth and had the students match the pictures with theparts of the story we had cut up and handed out. We had a craft table where we decorated plates which became picture frames when we placed our pictures in the middle of them.
TOMOKI and ME (Best Buddies!)
The next day we had an obstacle course with different stations such as origami, a puzzle, scripture reading (John 3:16), bowling, and a soccer challenge. We sang "Jesus loves me this I know," and "Aisarerutame" (You are loved by God) again and then had the kids perform a skit based on John chapter 21:1-11 where Jesus told Peter to cast his nets to the right whereupon Peter caught 153 fish after he had caught nothing the night before. Then we had a scavenger hunt. PETER and JESUS (played by Arashi and Tomoki)
For most of the kids it was their first time to hear about and/or read the Bible. Yuki told us that her sister Youka was singing "Aisarerutame" in the morning at her house before she came on the second day. The kids really enjoyed singing both songs, (hopefully they'll remember the message). Also, everybody was excited to take part in the skit, although usually kids here are hesitant to participate. Hence, it was great to see them willing to participate. We hope and pray that the hearts of the children will be open to receive Jesus in the future. God's will be done.
For most of the kids it was their first time to hear about and/or read the Bible. Yuki told us that her sister Youka was singing "Aisarerutame" in the morning at her house before she came on the second day. The kids really enjoyed singing both songs, (hopefully they'll remember the message). Also, everybody was excited to take part in the skit, although usually kids here are hesitant to participate. Hence, it was great to see them willing to participate. We hope and pray that the hearts of the children will be open to receive Jesus in the future. God's will be done. "BOWLING FOR JESUS!"
We used PET bottles and a rubber ball and the kids just loved it! It was a big hit! We all had a great time...Praise the Lord!
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