vbs week and calvin crest.

the past week and a half has been filled with church. which is good. so good. but it's been loud and tiring too.
last week was my second favorite week of the year- vbs week.
i love vbs. and this was my 16th one. no worries, i've just spent the past 16 summers giving each night of a week in july to spending time in fellowship at ipc.
regardless of whether i was in vbs, guiding it, or interning for it, i've loved each year and this one was no different. 
seeing the elementary schoolers excited about their memory verses, pumped to see what they learn about jesus through the skit, and loving on each other during the benediction made my heart happy.
watching preschoolers do crafts, playing at recreation with 1st graders, taking high school guides to starbucks after vbs was over for the night, and singing songs with other college friends at their thousandth vbs made my body tired.
but it was good. so good. jesus is so good.

my favorite kindergartner. rocking her vbs shirt i rhinestoned for her

the craziest week of vbs ever. summer 2008.

yesterday morning neal, eric, gabi and i drove up to calvin crest. we're taking high schoolers in 3 weeks and wanted to check the cabin flow, and meet with some people since things are a little different this year.
five and a half hours, a few hundred miles, an in n out, and two rounds of the alphabet game later, we made it. (complete with messy monday gear in tow)
after a few business meetings and some super good pizza (eric is the resident pizza guru. he flew in gino's east from chicago for this) we went to bed, got up early this morning, and drove back. (with a stop at in n out, of course.)
we love our high schoolers and want their week to be the best!

hanging out on the calvin crest fieldddd! 

neal and i love bus rides to calvin crest.