Travel pics

The War of Special Forces continues!

 The War in action!

There are two teams warring against each other

in competitions...

There's nothing like a game of good ole spoke tackle...

What teen doesn't like to smack, snatch, pull, yank, and tackle your

opponents to the ground?

Meeting new friends...

Air and Janna...

Teens of tomorrow...

Holding Kermit the frog?

Air and the Van girls...

The week can't be all fun and games...

there must be time for practice, practice, practice!

We take a station break to celebrate Janna's birthday...

Happy Birthday to you!

The Vans have several birthdays in one month.

This actually was an outing to celebrate

Stephanie's birthday...

Now that's a burger!

Tiz, Gopika, and Air...

They had a great time seeing the sights

in Seattle...

The gum wall represents germs

from all over the world!

No matter where you go in the world

you can always find 'family'

amongst God's people...
Yvonne and Air

West coast pics

Air is traveling with the team!

They'll be recruiting teens for the youth rallies.

It's a lot of work, but a lot of fun too.

They are even able to fit in a few fun excursions...

This one was off of the Pacific coast.

Air actually climbed rocks covered with mussells!

YUCK!!!

Of course it was only because she thought it led to the way out,

but to her dismay it didn't so she had to turn

around and climb again!

In her words..."It was a bit unnerving"!

They made the trip out early in the morning to catch

the view when the tide goes out...

Why?

Because that's when all the little creepy crawly

ocean creatures that are usually covered

in water are on display...

Here's what we think is a mollusk.

It looks like a glob with a belly button!

Let us know if this creature has a different name...

...and here are some weird colored starfish.

Have you ever seen purple?

Now this is a starfish too...

Count those legs!

And there are the sweet little Van girls...

Air is enjoying them too!

Til next time!

Neighborhood Bible Time

We had a great NBT week!

I never knew a Vacation Bible School could be so much fun!

The classes were for every age group up to sixth grade...

Moms and little ones enjoyed the week...

Even the workers had fun with the water balloons...

It was a blessing to see so many new faces...

The kids loved winning ribbons...

This should really be the last pic since it shows the last "hoo-rah"

on the final day. Everyone enjoyed cookies and icecream!

The games were an outlet for every age!

This one was the final step of the

obstacle course...

Eating a GIANT marshmallow without hands!
Hmmm......

 I guess someone has been caught in the act of

 trying to save the mallow from the grass?
= )

Then there was the beloved snack time!

They really set out the munchies...

And there was plenty of incentive to

memorize your verses...

I'd say the penny scale was the clincher...

The moment of suspense came as the donated pennies

piled up...and up
... and turned into gold bricks even!

Okay, so I got a little ahead of myself...
The best event of the week was not the pennies piling,
but what "took the cake" was the...
award winning cast...
playing in a marvellous production...

THE SKIT!
A thrilling drama!
Of course there were the good guys...
trying to save the treaty
and the bad guys...
who stole the treaty!

The kids looked forward to the continuing
episodes each day and were kept on the edge of their seats
wondering...
what would happen next?!

Tabitha did a great job as the "good cowgirl".
Her southern twang kept the audience spellbound!
Co-starring...
cowgirls Joanna and Brit...
and Daniel Boone look-alikes...
Jacob and Nathan!

And of course the skit would not have been complete without
the bad guys!
Their starring roles were played by...
Sam J, Simon J, Joshua M, and Daniel W
Great job guys!


The whole week was filled with fun and laughter...

Especially when the long awaited finale came...
And a few privileged kids were able to put pies
in the face of Mr. Nick!

He was a good sport!

Looking forward to next year!