There Are How Many Children?!

The Joys Of The Multitude

Luke 9:16-17 - "Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He gave thanks and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples to set before the people. They all ate and were satisfied..."

As plans for this mission trip began to take shape, we knew that the Koinonia Baptist Church leaders were anticipating as many as 150 children to attend this first Vacation Bible School. On the flip side, what we also began to realize, was that our Teleios Team would consist of only eight people - six adults and two teenagers - not nearly enough in our minds to do as good a job as we thought we needed to do.

Of course, we should know by now that worrying about something like having 30+ children to one or two workers is foolish because God knew long before we did how He wanted this mission trip to be and how this team would glorify His name through the efforts and work during our time here.

The various talents and skills of each team member have enabled us to do more than we ever thought possible. And though it is only Day 2 of VBS - and we now havenearly 170+ children - we have truly been of one mind, one heart and one spirit in everything we do which gives us an even greater opportunity to serve as examples and witnesses of God's unconditional love and amazing grace to this multitude of children and their families.

As Day 2 focused on "Sound (ears)," it was yet another subtle reminder of how important it is to listen when God speaks.

We continue to be impressed by the children's abilities to listen and learn to all that we are teaching. Their excitement each morning is obvious; their energy is endless; and their enthusiasm is contagious. Our daily prayer is that we can keep up!

God is truly at work in this community, and one of the keys is the children. Please pray that they will turn to Him and follow in His ways as they grow into who He would have them to be.