Vacation Bible school 2009

Gosh what a funny feeling not to wake up and rush to church for VBS! Well the gift goes on even if our week has come and gone. I have gone to the bank 3 times with a big red bucket to deposit all the pennies raised for the children in Malawi , Africa. Mary Moore Lowenfield is there this summer and is using all the money to buy much needed food, books and clothing for the babies.

She told us that the first food the babies eat is porridge! We really don't even know the term "porridge" except in fairy tales. But it does conjure up a sweet picture . Hopefully in August when mary moore gets back, we can see what porridge looks like and see some babies eating it!

She also said some of the babies were growing and can't straighten out their legs in their feetie pajamas. So she is looking for some bigger sizes for our little friends

Vacation Bible school 2009

A great week has come to an end aboard the USS HopePointe. The cruise started Monday July 13 and ended Friday July 17, 2009. The passengers included 50 boys and girls ages 3-sixth graders. I'm not sure how old sixth graders are!! Anyway, it was quite an amazing jaunt. The food was spectacular! Some of the most creative ship fare ever to be seen. I will post some of the recipes soon, if i can talk our fabulous chef to share her secrets!!

Then of course the ship's daily log was amazing, informative, creative, colorful, well any sailing cruise ship would

have been jealous and envious to have one even half as cute!

The games on board were fabulous, the crafts were too fun, the skits took us back to Biblical times and we did some singing and jumping.

But... the most amazing thing was the daily in putting to the blue and red buckets with pennies to be sent to

the Crisis Nursery in Malawi, Africa. Today $143 was sent to Africa and the final count is not in yet, but I will keep you posted.