Saturday started bright and early with a yummy, full breakfast. We then gathered back together and Lisa and Bee led us in singing, "Romans, What?!" and "Sanctuary" and "Praise Ye the Lord". We played many fun games such as Broom Hockey and Blanket Race and Hot (shoe) Potato! Our devotion for the day started with discussing how we see ourselves and how God sees us. We decorated paper bags with words and pictures from magazines. On the outside, we put things that we think describe ourselves. On the inside, we put things that describe how God sees us. For most us, it is easier to put yourself down or be negative, so it was harder to do the outside. But when we think about how God sees us, we realize how priceless we are.
We then discussed how the Bible should be our "Go to Book"--the place we go to for guidance. This led us to a game of "Bible Pictionary". Our groups had to choose a silly band to help us to divide into groups. We drew pictures about Bible verses or characters.
We watched a neat video of two guys who made a one minute video summing up the Bible. Each group had to come up with a skit or rap about a story in the Bible. We had scenes from The Good Samaritan, Genesis 1, Noah's Ark, Loaves and Fishes.
In addition to knowing who God made us to be, and how he wants us to act by knowing the Bible, we must also PRAY. So, we made prayer beads. Each prayer bead included the letters TGIF to remember our weekend, but then our creativity took over! "If you don't know what you are doing, pray to the father, he loves to help"-James 1:5-8.
Following lunch we went to the Mast Stores in Valle Crucis and now we are enjoying some free time. Later, we are hiking to the waterfall. Tonight we are looking forward to 8th grade Spotlight and getting our VC pajama pants! More later....
Linnea J and Holly M
