Every year I volunteer to do the Theater part of VBS with the exception of the year I was grounded from it. This is my third year participating it now. Different people have volunteered with me but Ana Berkovitch has been there since the beginning. I greatly enjoy her company and watching her grow in her faith. She was just confirmed this past year and will be joining Team in the fall. I'm quite excited for that. This year we have the wonderful Krissy joining us and a girl named Abby whose family is very active in our parish.
Today was a great first day. Our first group was very entertaining. Two of the boys, who happen to be brothers, thought it would be great to beat me up during a game of duck,duck, goose! They were a blast. Ana's brother Alex also volunteers but he is in the game section. He is an important part of this story later. During our skits we have to hide from the Roman soldiers because they will arrest us for talking about Jesus or so we tell the children. Today they learned about Peter and the angel that rescued him from jail. Well these two little boys took the Roman solider story seriously and were constantly on the look out for them. During snack time they disclosed their elaborate plan to distract the Roman soldiers and enter their hide out. We told them Ana's brother was a soldier and that the hide out was the room outside of Kirstie's office.
The plan: Ana and I distract Alex while the boys sneak into the hide out and check it out. They wanted to see their weapons and such. Then the other people in their group keep the look out and if anyone come the youngest little boy was going to take him out with his karate skills. They came up with this all by themselves. It was pretty impressive. The little chatterboxes brought much entertainment and joy to the day. The youngest boy also said this during the game when he was picked as the goose, "This system is O-U-T.... locked!" He tried it again a few minutes later and rattle off some other letters and said out. It was very cute.
A boy in another group was also very charming. During one part we have to run and he goes. "I don't like to run." I instantly thought, "Yea kid....me either." Before I could tell him this he added..."I only like to run when I'm blind." It was quiet funny.
Day 1 of Sea ship Voyage was a success. My brothers are joining us for the next three days and they will be in the same group. Hopefully they behave. Last year Mason did it and Cole couldn't go because of summer school. Mason freaked out everyday. I had to hug him every morning during prayer and sing along and tell him it would be okay. He ended up having fun though. I'm excited for tomorrow.
Secretly, car dancing to church with Krissy is definitely one of my favorite parts.
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