May - So Far!

First of all, we have been spending a lot of time getting ready for Vacation Bible School at our church. If you're in the area and have children, come on out!  Not in the area, take a vacation and come this-a-way!

My winter project this year was to make a cookbook for Hosanna, and the rest of the girls. Hosanna was wanting some recipes that we have written down here and there before she got married, so we cooked / baked them so we could get pictures, and I assembled them into a cookbook that I gave the married girls for Mother's Day. It's actually a Shutterfly book so they are pricey, and not for sale unless someone really wants to spend a fortune! Anyway, I thought you would enjoy seeing a few pictures of the inside for inspiration of what you could do with your favorites!

Also added in some things I've learned over the years about having company over.

Last week we had our yearly Ministry Training for those helping out at VBS and fair ministry. We are making teeshirts for a VBS craft this year and had the workers at training make theirs.

We emphasis sharing the gospel and counseling for salvation. We don't want children or adults to just "say a prayer" without having any idea of what they are really doing. So, we teach the questions to ask, the verses to share, etc., to make sure children understand. This year we worked on teaching the gospel using a marker board and drawing the gospel out with illustrations. We also went over the wordless book which we are going to be teaching all the kids to tell at VBS this year.

What a fabulous group of young people!!!!!!!! I love these guys!  They are awesome! They have such hearts for God and desire to serve Him! They have such godly wisdom for their age! They are so fun and a joy to be around!

We went over songs that we are singing at VBS.

Lots of visiting!
Then in the evening, the young people came over to our house for games and snacks. We learned how to play group juggling which was so fun for a group that size!

And a blog post wouldn't be complete without a picture of grandchildren! This was taken on Mother's Day. I love how Martha, the middle girl, is sucking on Ilana's finger! These three girl cousins are going to have so much fun together someday!!

Tomorrow is another big day - petunia planting!

So, hope you enjoyed the long post. May God bless you all and give you a great week!