I knew she was a strong Christian. After all, she'd come to our church, where she was taking all of our old VBS decorations to use next year at her church. So she got piles of stuff -- waves and dolphins and compasses and a giant captain's wheel, all made out of foam. A big cardboard boat. Posters. Barrels made out of cardboard and duct tape. Some tube-shaped pylons, which I'm not really sure were supposed to be used for but that I thought were really cool.
We squeezed it all into her minivan. Some didn't fit. She was very thankful to have it. She explained her church doesn't have very many children in it, and they so want the children to come, and to bring their parents so that more lives can be changed for Him. And so we took that opportunity to pray for her, that her VBS next year would go smoothly and that the children would come to learn about Jesus.
I'm so glad you were there when she came to pick up the decorations, when we offered them to her, she was so excited! She put as much in her car as she could and still be able to see on the way home from the Ladies retreat, I wondered if she would make the drive to our church to pick up the rest, but, now I know God made sure she did, to pray with you.
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