Sunday April 29th Dave and I joined the Indian district chairman at Nagalapuram for the Inauguration serivce of the 2012 VBS season here in India. There were around 600 children packed into the hall.
In the picture album below the first girl is singing, the second little girl recited all 66 books of the Bible and then the first psalm.
Dave preached using balloons, pencils, and candy which he afterward gave away to the kids. The basic messsage of the devotion: Don’t be like a balloon which does not go where you want it to, and always whines. Be like the Pencil which is straight and true and useful like Onesimus. And everyone wants a piece of Candy so share it just like you share Jesus with your friends.
It is also Esther’s birthday party so there was cake and candles. Followed by dinner.
Sitting in the dinning hall they came first and set a small sup of ice cream before us. Dave and I just dug in right away whereas the 600 kids pushed their ice cream to the side knowing the were supposed to save it for after their chicken and rice.
