Fill us up and Send us Out

It's time for another Mission Indy week. This week we will be packing up and heading out to Hazelwood Christian Church.(in a rural setting) Elizabeth Heuss and I will be leading the VBS in the mornings. I found that out last Tuesday, so please pray for our week and specifically for our VBS lesson to go smoothly. I will let you know how the week goes when we return! Matt. 28:19-20

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This update is way past due but I just haven't found time this week. I'm sure you guys were anxiously awaiting my next post. Last week (6/28-7/4) we had three youth groups come to mission indy: Hazelwood's own youth group, a group from Grayson Kentucky, and one from Hunington. There were about 50 kids and a lot more names to learn. We were more prepared for this week since we had already done one. However,It took a little longer for these groups to understand our humor. But there's no doubt that when we rapped our good night song to wish them a peaceful sleep, that we broke them in.
Monday morning came around and we made our way to the Country Mannor tailor park to prepare for VBS. Most of the kids had never experienced something like a VBS before, which was the point of doing it there. A few people in management at the tailor part go to a church down the road and are trying to make more of a community at Country Mannor than just a place to live. It's really a great mission and I'm glad we were a part of it. Seeing the goal of the ladies in management showed me that you can work for God even in every area of your life.
Elizabeth and I were a little nervous to perform our VBS lesson for the Grayson youth group, but even they seemed to enjoy it so we were more excited for the kids to come. The first day, Monday, is always a day to prepare for the week. A boy named Eddie (9) and his sister, Cassidy (6) came on the practice day. I was worried they would be bored seeing the same lesson the next day, but they loved it espcially the attention from the whole youth group.
The first day was great even though they expected at least 50 kids and we got 20ish. We've found that's how is usually turns out, but we are then able to get to know kids better. When we asked questions about creation,Adam and Eve, and How God made us special they seemed to understand and were quick to answer questions. But when we talked about Jesus a lot of them didn't know about Him, which kinda surprised us. The next day was the last and we knew we would need to say just the right things so the kids would start to understand what Jesus did for us. We prayed a lot about it and had others praying for us. We practiced a little the night before and let God work the next day.
We're not really sure if all the kids understood, but we know a few got it and that in itself was an answer to prayer. A lot of the kids did not want to leave. We just pray that those kids stay connected to the church that's trying to reach out to them. It was such a blessing through the week to watch the Grayson youth group interact with the kids. They also didn't want to leave at the end of the week. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers!

PRAISE:
We were excited to see a mother of one the of VBS kids get baptized. She said she had been thinking about it for a long time and it was time. We didn't see the mom after that, but she is connected with the church.