Halfway Through VBS

So I'm exhausted. We have about 170 or so kids a day. There are divided up into 6 groups which are identified by colors. The kids have 6 stations to get through each day. At each station they do some sort of activity. We also have an opening meeting, a closing meeting, and a snack time. So to get this all done in 4 hours is just crazy. It feels like I get 5 minutes to breathe every hour. I make endless trips up and down the hill the church is on. The upside is that I simply have to be losing weight. People here are starting to comment on my shrinking size.

So the fatigue has caught up with me as I am sick once again. I have yet another cold. I seem to get sick once a month around here. They must have very different germs over here as I don't get this sick back in the US. Today I was fighting a small fever but I'm trying to not think about it and push on. I took some cough medicine from the nurse today so that has helped some. When I get home tonight I'll take some ibuprofen to hopefully kill this fever once and for all.

I'll be preaching again this Sunday. This Sunday is District Sunday which means instead of church being in the sanctuary it will be held in the homes of the elders. Each district has an elder assigned to it and one of the elders asked me to come preach at his district meeting. This district will be meeting in a home for children the church runs. So my audience will be from the very young to the very old. I haven't yet started writing my sermon. Hopefully tomorrow my head will feel better and I can start writing.

Well that's about it for now. I did receive some bad news today. My great-aunt Mary-Lou passed away on Sunday. There will be a service for her tomorrow in Denver, Colorado. Needless to say I won't be able to attend. Please pray for my family as we grieve.