Jul. 27, 2008
VBS week is over!
Posted in Church
Don't even ask how I survived. I was a nervous wreck every morning. I'm normally isolated because of the kids and homeschooling and being outta practice from driving. If you're very shy and you need to lose weight like I do, volunteer for VBS. What a kickstart to my diet! I'm still not eating well.  What do I do when I'm this nervous? Dance like crazy. And Switchfoot's music. Sometimes the church had their songs playing when I got there, before VBS started. It didn't take out all the knots but definitely helped. They don't know how it helped.  At least I was able to eat a little.  Call it the VBS diet. Lose 10 lbs in a week! roflI did talk to Pastor D. Gotta say he's very cool. He's originally from TX. And one thing I know about Texans, and 10 gallon hats off to 'em because Texans are very friendly. (I know, there's a nut in every crowd but overall, they're pretty cool) I visited there back in '96 so I'm saying from real first-hand experience. He's fine about what I shared about myself with him. And as much as I still try to avoid him, he keeps finding me and puts his arm around me! yikes! He knows I struggle with authority figures and I think he's trying to help me to trust him. I'm just not used to this. I really do see Christ in this guy. I'm rambling a bit. Okay, so about VBS. Awesome week. I was in the crafts station. What a whirlwind. It's an important job, with the tie-dying (okay fabric spray), and all. And the kids were awesome. Sometimes very funny, sometimes little stinkers (my own kids included) but worth every second of my time with them. We did sun catchers, we did the t-shirts, we did antenna headbands (and us volunteers had a little fun decorating ourselves with the shimmery pipecleaners!), We did origami Bible things (like fortune tellers but with a Christian twist). Lotsa work but lotsa fun. And again, pastor D did the music - opening and closing, which was so much fun. Rabbit's friend's mom led us with the dance motions (choreographing) and she was awesome as well. Piglet ended up joining her with other kids with the dances by Wednesday, even for Family Fun Night. I had fun with the dancing too. If I weren't a volunteer I wouldn't have done it. I wanted to like be an example for the kids, like if any were shy. (like I was ready to run out!) This way they can relax. It's not all about me - I was there to glorify God and to serve them too. That explains the lack of eating and double knots in my stomach. I know somewhere in the Bible it talks about someone who refrains from eating but still glorifies God. Mine was outta nerves but outta nerves while serving Him. Does that count?  But unfortunately, my kids ended up getting sick by Friday. They made it through Friday, but Rabbit was too sick for the Pizza Party. I wish I could've gone - though I can't have the pizza (dairy allergies). And I couldn't even help with taking down some of the decorations. I did apologize to the lady in charge of VBS but she said no problem. They had a lot of volunteers. Praise God. So glad they didn't mind my not staying. I wanted to avoid Pastor D and the head pastor while going out but I couldn't. My dh was out there so I had to go out that way.. And again I apologized about not staying (accidently left my lunch in their fridge! oops). And Pastor D did the funniest thing: He saw my name tag on my shirt. I haven't said my dh's name on this blog. It's Chris. And I'm Christine. But I wrote "Chris T_____" on my nametag and it got him just a wee bit confused. He was probably thinking I had written my dh's name on my nametag and couldn't understand why! But then he said he's so "slow at these things." It must be a Southern thing? (no offense to you Southerners out there - you know I love ya's) And then he apologized!?  He finally made the connection about us being Chris and Chris.Oh that was so funny. It's really almost like having a twin when you're married to someone with a similar name. Even Piglet has gotten us mixed up and once made up one of those "book about me" things - she made one for my dh and it said "Mr. Christine", not under- standing his name is really Christopher. We get the confusion a lot, but sometimes we come across someone who's mixed up in a real funny way. I actually prefer to be called "Chris" but what do you do when, your dh does too?  I regret the fact we missed VBS Sunday. Even though the girls are sick, they're starting to get better. I didn't want to chance it. OTOH, I don't get to be embarrassed in church because no doubt they'll be clapping again for us volunteers. Nah, I didn't do it for that and I don't want everyone to stare at me. My shyness again. The church's schedule is changing for about a month or so, so I don't know if we'll be there for a few weeks. Rabbit will hopefully be going with a group of kids this week to a mission for the day. She should be well enough to go and I know she needs this. We'll see what we end up doing. We're not leaving the church but may need to break. My kids don't normally do well in the service. Something to pray about. That's all for now. PS: thanks to my friends and your sweet comments on my blog here. sorry I haven't gotten back to you! God bless! |
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