We started off this morning with a devotional and challenge from Pastor Ed and Kathy about making a wise investment with our lives. Hopefully it really made them think about the endless possibilities for their life in service to The Lord.

Then we rolled out about 30 minutes away to help with some environmental testing of the rivers and streams. It was a great opportunity for us to learn about the pollution that effects the water in this area, not to mention God’s creation.

Then it was back to New Life Church for Egypt! We had 69 kids, so its growing. Every night things seem to get better and run smoother! A lot of our shop keepers were witnessed to by the kids tonight! We had 3 shopkeepers in Egypt get saved. Since our students have to play the part of an Egyptian during the program, it was awesome to see the kids walk right up to them and tell them about “the one true God”!

To view some photos from today, go here.

Another amazing day! We spent the morning preparing for Egypt that night. Resetting everything; cleaning up; going over the lessons and dramas and marketplace. After lunch we headed out to 2 local public swimming pools and parks with fliers in hand. We had a few people dressed up in the Egypt costumes to hopefully attract some kids and invite them to Egypt. Apparently it worked because we had a bigger crowd tonight then we had last night. Our numbers were actually corrected today from yesterday. Yesterday we had 45 kids in Egypt, but tonight we actually did have 60! So its growing every night!

One little girl was lead to the Lord this evening! I know that God isn’t finished though. We will hopefully have even more kids and more decisions tomorrow night. We’ve given an incentive for tomorrow. If the kids bring a friend they will get an extra coin for the marketplace. We’re praying that the kids will respond to that and that we will have near 150 kids by the end of the week!

Pastor Ed and Kathy also made it here today for a visit! We put them to work in full costume, make-up and everything! We’re looking forward to Ed sharing with the students during the devotion in the morning.

To view some photos from today, go here.

Set up! We had about 6 and a half hours to set up EGYPT at the church today. As usual, our students rock! They knocked it out with 2 hours to spare for last minute prep and set dressing. Our first night of the EGYPT VBS went great! We had 60 kids show up and they all seemed to have a great time! A lot of them said they were bringing friends tomorrow, and hopefully they will.

Tomorrow we plan to go out to a few local places to do some Egypt marketing. We’ll be handing out fliers and talking to kids in the community to invite them to Egypt.

God is certainly moving through all of this and we can see His hand at work already.

Thank you for your continued prayers! More tomorrow. Til then, check out some pics from our first 2 days here.

We made it down to Oceana safe and sound! Having a little welcome party tonight at the youth pastor’s house. We’ll be up early to set up the VBS at the church. More of an update tomorrow, hopefully!

Schedule, What to Bring/What Not to Bring List & Room List are available on the “Missions” page now! Be sure to tell your family to watch our website, Facebook and Twitter during the trip to check out how its going!

DON’T FORGET TO BRING YOUR LUGGAGE TO THE CHURCH TOMORROW (Friday, June 18) AT 4PM TO LOAD THE TRAILER!!!

Listen to Jay’s talk “Connect – What’s this all about?” from Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Connect – What’s this all about?

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Listen to Jay’s talk “Angry pt.3″ from Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Angry pt.3

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Congrats to the RED TEAM! Our Spring 2010 Gladiator Games Champions! Check out the highlight video below!

Listen to Jay’s talk “Angry pt.1″ from Sunday, May 23, 2010

Angry pt.1

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Listen to Shane Brewer talk about being “spiritually anorexic” from Sunday, May 16, 2010

“Are you spiritually anorexic?”

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