Whale craft for lesson 2

painting whale craft for lesson 2

Working on Lesson 2!

These are all of the supplies for the whale craft for lesson 2 of the VBS.

Today I spent half an hour planning and translating the second lesson for the VBS. It turned out pretty well! The theme is to obey God and not run away from His plans like Jonah did. The craft planned for this lesson is for the kids to create a whale out of a paper bag and paint/decorate it themselves. This will symbolize how Jonah was swallowed because he didn’t obey God, hopefully teaching the kids to always obey what God tells them to do.

Another “after” photo of the tennis shoe

This is the other side of the plain Converse tennis shoe after I decorated it for the prop for lesson one.

The “after” photo of the tennis shoe

This is the plain Converse tennis shoe after I decorated it for the prop for lesson one. It says “don’t run from God” in Spanish!

The “before” photo of the tennis shoe

This is the plain Converse tennis shoe before I decorated it for the prop for lesson one.

Decorating the shoes!

Yesterday I began to decorate my shoes to use as my prop for my first VBS lesson. They’re just some plain, khaki canvas Converse tennis shoes, but I’ve decorated them similar to the background of my blog. In Spanish I wrote “No corras de Dios” on the side, symbolizing not to run from God as Jonah did. I spent about 40 minutes just decorating one shoe!! But in the end it will all be worth it!

More VBS!

Tonight I worked for an hour and a half. I sat down at the computer and worked on typing my translated first lesson. I’m hoping I’ll be able to use my knowledge of Spanish and be able to deliver the lesson on my own, without a translator! However if I do need a translator, I have both Larry and Patty (our missionaries) to help me in any way! Then I typed the how-to on the craft that I’m incorporating with the first lesson. It is going to be where the kids decorate their own shoe to symbolize not to “run from God.” I also assembled all of the supplies necessary to create the craft.

Craft Supplies

These are all the crafts for the tennis shoe craft.

Creating Lessons!

Last night I sat down and did some brainstorming! I had an outline of my first lesson and I decided on what I was going to say and incorporate into it. I took the outline I had written down and typed it up and tried to make it look pretty! I spent about an hour in total trying to figure out how to make the wording of the lesson appropriate for all age groups. I also decided on what my first craft would be and how it would correlate with the first lesson of the VBS. I decided on two songs I was going to use during the week, and I typed the lyrics in Spanish for all of my team members to learn them faster.

My Project Facilitators

These are my facilitators, Pastor James and Tiffany Dewhurst.

Pastor James has been a youth pastor for fourteen years. He has also served as an Associate Pastor and worship leader.  Tiffany has been a Children’s Director for six years. They both have associate degrees in Biblical Theology as well as bachelor’s degrees in Christian Counseling. Pastor James is ordained through the Assemblies of God as a minister. Pastor James is also working on his master’s degree.