Behind-the-Scenes

Well it's been awhile since I last posted but its because I've been pretty busy. Last week was VBS 2007 at our church and let me just say it was loads of fun. I always have fun that week. This year was different because I got to participate in the dramas and I really enjoyed being in the "behind-the-scenes" the whole time. It felt like I had a lot of free time but it was still fun. The theme for the week was Deal or No Deal and they tied it in with High School Musical. It sounds weird at first but once you read the script and saw it on stage it made sense. I also got to experience history last week. I was at the Astro's game when Biggio hit his 3,000th hit and it was the best Astro's game I've ever been to. The crowd roared when it launched into the air and they had to stop the game right where it was because it was so loud and very touching for his family. This week has been getting ready for my Jamaica trip next week. It's our mission trip with our student ministry at our church and I'm very excited I have the privilege to go this year. The mornings are going to be early every morning but are going to be worth it because we get to hold a VBS for the children in Bamboo, Jamaica, right outside of Ocho Rios. The afternoons are going to be spent constructing a camp for future youth groups to hold activities and possibly stay there. We're not going to finish the camp during the week but we're going to definitely get it started and get the project going. Sometime during the week we also have the opportunity to go to an orphanage for special needs children and I can't wait to see what the Lord has in store for us with that. Every night, we're going to have a worship/bible study for our group and we teach each other. Of course, I got picked to teach the first night, but thankfully my partner is Marissa so we're going to do great. I ask everyone to pray for our safety and pray that God changes our lives individually and we can all take something from the week and bring back into our own worlds. Well tomorrow is Joanna Lucas' wedding and I'm very excited for her. To end this post, I want to put some lyrics from a song that has really been impacting me.

"The Wonder of the Cross" by Vicky Beeching

"May I never lose the wonder, the wonder of the cross,

May I sing it like the first time, standing as a sinner lost.

Under the mercy and left speechless,

Watching wide eyed at the cost,

May I never lose the wonder, the wonder of the cross."