why we do what we do...

last week we spent 4 nights at the church, roughly 4-5 hours each night, decorating for our church's "High Seas Expedition" VBS. It was a long process, one that, at times, gets tiring, overwhelming, and perhaps feels a bit thankless...... but we are reminded so much of why we do what we do when we get emails like this...

"I hope you are having a rockin VBS week. We are off to a great start! Our opening night this year was 40 kids more than ever before!! One family said that they were coming this year for the first time because they heard that the stage was so awesome! Many of the contractors from the addition have been popping their heads in and admiring what is going on... our electrician is sending 3 of his own kids even (that's an assumption based on last name!) God is going to be doing some great things this week in the lives of these kids! "

wow!

Praise the Lord for his ability to work through things like cardboard, carpet tubes, and miles of paper... and just to give you a feel of perspective, this pic was taken from the balcony, and that center mast of the ship stood at 27 ft high.

and here are "after" photos. i took these from our church's facebook site.

it's amazing what lights can do!