St. John's 2014 VBS - International Spy Academy

In June the kids participated in, and I directed, our church's VBS program. It was a wonderful program put out by Answers in Genesis and the Creation Museum called "International Spy Academy, Agents for the One True God." We are so blessed to have a church family who is so ready and willing to pitch in and help out. I can not say enough about the wonderful team I had to work with! I think the kids had a lot of fun through out the week and I can't believe it's nearly time to begin thinking about and organizing VBS for next summer!

 One True God

At our church the children in 2nd through 5th grade are in a junior youth group called KFC (Kids for Christ). Traditionally each night of VBS they have a "LemonAid" stand to raise money in support of a Salvation Army program that benefits homeless children in our region. This year we decided to put even more emphasis on this effort during our mission moments and I am proud to say our kids raised over $1,000! I thought that was a wonderful sign that we were teaching our "special agents" how to help others through works as well as words. So proud of these kids!!!

LemonAiD Days

Another activity we participated in with the BHLC during July was LemonAid Days (http://lemonaiddays.org/) . This is a program sponsored through Salvation Army where kids setup lemonade stands to raise money for homeless children. This was such a great service opportunity for our kids because it was something they could actually do (vs observe or be on the sidelines). I am looking forward to my munchkins getting older and expanding our community service component of school. In the meantime our group raised over $800 in support of Salvation Army!

The BHLC crew manning the LemonAid stand at the Lexington Farmer's Market

 Missy K was a natural at raising money and giving away lemon treats! 

 Having fun at the LemonAiD Stand :)

Had to throw this picture in of our day. Jackson came with us too and on our way home we stopped at Trader Joe's where he picked up a couple of stickers...

 All the kids throughout Lexington who raised money over the summer are invited to come and dump their LemonAiD money into a large Salvation Army cauldron. Reagan was at a gymnastics camp but my other three munchkins and I went to enjoy the festivities.

Thank you Salvation Army and BHLC for organizing this opportunity for kids to participate in and help give back to the community. Looking forward to working a LemonAiD stand again next year!