Well, yesterday I decided I would work in the garage for a little while. We bought some totes and I was trying to get the garage straightened up. Anyway, I was kneeling in front of a cabinet putting some small items in a tote when all of a sudden something hit me in the head and then fell across my back to the floor. I was stunned for a moment. I saw that it was a metal toolbox that fell off the top of the cabinet! Luckily for me, it was empty. It hit me fairly hard as it was, so if something had been in it, I might have been really hurt. As it was, it left a bump on the side of my head and a sore spot on the back of my head and on my shoulder blade (the same one I bumped when I fell in the office a couple of weeks ago!). I am starting to think that I shouldn't be doing any cleaning.
Anyway, after that, I decided I should probably be done for the day with the garage. I had some things to take to the shed and as I was walking across the backyard, I came across a snake skin. We don't know for sure what kind it is. To me, there's a part that looks like maybe it held a rattle, so I am wondering if it was a rattlesnake. Scary part is that it was fairly close to the dog's yard. That has been a big worry for us here as dogs do get snake bitten fairly regularly. This is the first snake (or skin) sighting I have seen so far this year. I hope it's all I see! Anyway, the skin was all rolled up, so it's hard to see how long it is. We do have lots of birds around, so it's possible that a bird dropped it in the yard and the snake wasn't even here. That's the thought I am going with!
Speaking of birds, we have a family of cardinals. There's a male & female and 2 babies. The babies are big enough to fly, but they still have downy feathers. The like to sit in our crape myrtle tree and the mama and daddy will go to our bird feeder, get some seed, and bring it back and feed the babies. It has been awesome to watch. One of the babies is a male. His body is still brown, but his head is starting to turn the bright red. The other one is all brown, so I am assuming it is a female. I have learned to recognize their sounds, so I know when they are around. I have so enjoyed watching them!
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Vacation Bible School
Don and I helped out with VBS last week. It was tiring, but we had a blast. The theme was Crocodile Dock, Where fearless kids shine God's light. We were both crew leaders. We had kids assigned to us and we would take them from activity to activity and participate with them. I had 2 kids that came all 5 nights - Jadey & Eddie Lee. They are both members of our church. A young lady named Makenzie came 3 nights and she was my helper. Then Wed. night I had Jesus and Thursday night I had Cody. They only came the one night each.
Each night we would meet at the "dock" where we would sing a song, have a prayer and hear any announcements that were needed. Then we were off to our activities. There was Dockside Drive In, where we saw a part of a movie each night about Cheddar and Fraider (who was afraid of everything!). There was Bible Bayou where there was a bible story each night. Brother Robert was in charge of that and he did an excellent job. He had things for the kids to taste and he kept their interest. We had snack shack, Gator Games (which were water activities as it was so hot) and Crafts and Missions where the kids would make a craft and hear about the mission project we were supporting this year. The last night the kids made turtles - one for themselves to pray over and one to send to a child affected by some kind of disaster. There was a pocket where they tucked a little note to the child and the child will also receive a book with our child's picture. It was pretty cool. Then the last of the night we would go to the sanctuary for Firefly Finale, where we would see pics taken during the evening, sing and have prayer time. On Thursday night, we were given trash bags to pray over and put our sins into. Then as a crew, we took them to the front and hung them over a cross. We then sang a song, during which a man who looks like Jesus came to the front and took all the bags with our sins away. It was very powerful. We also did this Sunday morning in church. Anyway, it was a great week and what topped it off for me was that on Sunday morning, Eddie Lee came and sat with me during most of the service. That made me feel really good.
Have I ever mentioned how much I love this church??
Each night we would meet at the "dock" where we would sing a song, have a prayer and hear any announcements that were needed. Then we were off to our activities. There was Dockside Drive In, where we saw a part of a movie each night about Cheddar and Fraider (who was afraid of everything!). There was Bible Bayou where there was a bible story each night. Brother Robert was in charge of that and he did an excellent job. He had things for the kids to taste and he kept their interest. We had snack shack, Gator Games (which were water activities as it was so hot) and Crafts and Missions where the kids would make a craft and hear about the mission project we were supporting this year. The last night the kids made turtles - one for themselves to pray over and one to send to a child affected by some kind of disaster. There was a pocket where they tucked a little note to the child and the child will also receive a book with our child's picture. It was pretty cool. Then the last of the night we would go to the sanctuary for Firefly Finale, where we would see pics taken during the evening, sing and have prayer time. On Thursday night, we were given trash bags to pray over and put our sins into. Then as a crew, we took them to the front and hung them over a cross. We then sang a song, during which a man who looks like Jesus came to the front and took all the bags with our sins away. It was very powerful. We also did this Sunday morning in church. Anyway, it was a great week and what topped it off for me was that on Sunday morning, Eddie Lee came and sat with me during most of the service. That made me feel really good.
Have I ever mentioned how much I love this church??
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