A week with Rinnie and family

I just got back from spending a week at Rinnie's in Orlando. There's nothing like coming off the plane after flying all day and hearing "Granny!!!!" from across the airport lounge and having two granddaughters come flying into your arms with a third not far behind. And, of course, my daughter, Rinnie, as well.

It was so good to spend time with Rinnie. She's always been a real encouragement to me and a great friend. She's so sensitive to things of the Lord and is a real example of a Godly wife and mother.

I had a great time with her girls, Lauren (5), Meredith (3), and Coriena (18 months). We went swimming, to the Science center, to Kelly park tubing, went through the Wordless Book, made a cake, read many books, told lots of stories, walked, went to the play ground, watched Lauren play soccer, and just had tons of fun. Here's a few pictures of our time together but also a link to more if you are interested. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=15365&l=e30ee&id=624702564

Holiday Bible Club

This year's Holiday Bible Club studied the Wordless Book. Those of us who grew up in the US as Christians grew up with this "book" but it hasn't been used so much here in England. It is such a great tool to use to share the gospel with kids. We averaged around 40 kids and only five were from our church. The rest of the kids came from the neighborhood. Our theme was "Code Breakers" and the code was gbrwg. Can you break the code????? Following are some shots from our time with the kids. Paul worked with grades 1-3 and I worked with grades 4-6. Notice the relay he came up with...the little boy is wearing Paul's motorcycle jacket!!
We studied a different color each day and so the leaders tried to wear those colors. Here's Paul and Chuck dressed for "black day".

At the end of the week we invited parents to come and see what the kids were learning and stay for a picnic. We were so pleased with how many came. We were able to sit around with them in the garden and chat about the week and invite them to come to church. A few did come the next day.