VBS Goes to the Beach by Denny Lynn

I love Vacation Bible School! This year we did it on Wednesday nights. My friends got to come and everything! Our motto was God is Faithful, Can You Dig It! We were on the beach!

After the opening song we went to class. My teacher was Ms. Reba. Patrick and Holly were in there, too. Week one we learned that God always keeps his promises.

We made seashell wind chimes to remind us to listen to God and that he keeps his promises.

We had beach snack mix with gold fish, M&Ms, raisins and nuts. I loved it - I ate everything but the M&Ms and them I traded with John - he ate just the M&Ms!

We got new sunglasses to help us celebrate our beach blast!

Our mission project was to bring school supplies that will go to a local school to help kids who can't afford them.

Each week we picked a beach towel to sit on in class - I always got the blue one.

I loved the stories. The second week we learned about God's provision and how Jesus fed many people with just a little food.

Then we made our own beach bag to carry our provisions!

Week three brought us all together for a really cool story with Ms. Gina.

We got to be Disciples and pretend we were on a boat and a big storm came.

We used flashlights to make lightening and poster board for thunder. When Jesus told the storm "Be Still" it stopped. This teaches us about God's Power.

We made a storm in a jar to take home. Mine had blue and green glitter!

Our snack was oyster cookies - cookies with strawberry cream cheese and a marshmallow for the pearl!

Finally, it was the last week! I was sad to see it end, but I had so much fun!

This week we learned about God's Plan.

Then we made beach memory jars to remind us of all we learned at VBS! We layered sand and rocks, then picked some seashells.

We added a picture of us and a tag for VBS. I was very proud of my jar.

Ms. Denise brought us a very special snack - CUPCAKES! They had teddies on the beach and they were yummy!

Finally, we got our certificate for coming to VBS. Grace and I are the only ones that came every week.

Here I am with Ms. Reba - I made her a special beach picture frame to thank her for being my teacher. She is going to be my Sunday School teacher this fall, too and I am very excited.

VBS was so much fun - I would go every week if I could! I really appreciate all the people who worked hard to make it a great experience for me.