Somebody was praying...

THANK YOU for all your prayers. West Essex was a WONDERFUL evening sharing in ministry at that church. The enemy certainly was working hard at pulling us down, but our Heavenly Father prevailed, and we had a glorious night of encouragement and fellowship.

Is'nt it great, after a program, when a child seeks you out to come say, "I loved your puppet"? DigDag had been talking about being a secret agent for Christ, and at least one child made a personal connection to him. That's the kind of impact we hope to have.

Here are a few pictures of the evening.

Lee told a story (Max Lucado's You are Special), and for each character, we took a person from the audience to play the part. Each character got a hat to wear to designate his/her part. For the main characters, Doug provided the voice, as the "actor" opened their mouth. It's a precious story, but the results of using the VBS workers as volunteers was hilarious! There are too many hams teaching VBS these days! Ha ha!

Using the "coloring book" (Bible edition) illusion, Doug presented the importance of reading our Bible. It may seem "blank" to us at first because we don't understand it. But as we read more, and people explain more, we begin to understand more (the line drawings now appear in the book). Then, we pray and ask God to explain it to us, and HE opens it all to us, so that it becomes a wonderful book, filled with color and understanding. (You really had to see the child's reaction when Doug vanished a box of crayons right in front of his face!)

Finally, DigDag came out in a Secret Agent outfit and made believe he was a secret agent working for Mr. Big. The details of his message appear in yestserday's post, so we'll spare you the details, but he brought the point home by pointing out that we are ALL agents of the Lord Jesus Christ, and that we need to trust our Saviour, come together with other believers, learn and read His Word every day, do what He tells us, and lead others to Him.

We're exhausted! Whoever said working for the Lord is a piece of cake only attends fellowship diners! Try doing children's ministry - - it'll drop you to your knees!

Thanks again for your prayers. Today, we're off to start decorating Lee's classroom space for Summerama (and the now-famous ten commandments tablets). Stay tuned there's much, much more to come!