What Happened at VBS-Day 1

Here’s a new segment in our blog called, “What happened at VBS?”

For those of you who were unfortunate enough to not be involved with the transformation to Babylon you can keep up with all of the shenanigans that we have seen.

Before you start viewing I need to warn you that the activities that you are about to view are incredibly adorable and you may not be awesome enough to handle it. If you are, please feel free to continue!

Our theme for the day was “When things change, God is with you.” No matter how big or small the change, God is always there! There were a lot of people and activities that helped us understand what that really means!

We met Babs A Lawn and Papa Lions, two incredibly awesome characters who are here to guide us through our Babylonian adventure. Babs is a confused gardener and Papa Lions is a reformed man eater and totally tubular surfer bro who is here to tell the story of Belteshezzar, or as you Westerners might call him Daniel.

Ashpenaz helped us to learn more about what it would have been like to be Daniel as he was taken away from his family, friends and the only life that he had ever known. The kids were not very impressed when their names were changed and they had to go through the rest of the day as Nabo or Hehasaseat. The haddaz with the kazzap were pretty delicious though, poor Daniel and his bag of carrots!

We also created a sc-roller that helped us change a boring piece of paper into a brand new message. It reminded us of the changes that Daniel went through in his life and also the awesome change that we go through when we are brought into God’s family.

Speaking of awesome, how good was that music? I know that I sure saw a whole lot of dancing, some enthusiastic singing and even learned a little sign language! The actions and signs are really helpful for a tone-deaf gardener!

And a day of VBS wouldn’t be complete without some crazy running around time at games! Our young Babylonians recreated the hanging gardens beautifully with their chalk interpretations, and there were many smiles and giggles all around! Our older Babylonians had a little too much fun with a rolled up newspaper and a whole menagerie of animals. Bet you wish you were there to see that!

 All in all it was a pretty eventful day here in the Lion Den, I can only imagine the shenanigans that will unfold tomorrow!