Kids Day!!!!

Today was absolutely one of my most favorite days of the year! Kids Day at PBU!!!! Next to the Prayer Pals and Kids Club Christmas parties, Kids Day is my favorite day. We always have SO MUCH FUN, and today was no exception.

PBU stands for Philadelphia Biblical University and every year around this time they hold a mission conference for junior high youth groups. The conference ends with a Kids Day, which the junior high kids run and we just get to attend. I think that's part of the reason I enjoy the day so much...I don't have to set up or clean up, or make and keep a schedule, I just get to play with the kids!

This year we took 40 kids, so we got the nice bus to come pick us up (PBU even provides our transportation!). The kids really loved the bus ride, and that was only the beginning! The day always starts with a puppet show that I am never impressed with, but I know its good experience for the junior highers. This year was especially interesting since all the songs in the puppet show were country songs...and the day is geared toward inner city kids. I don't know many inner city kids that listen to country music...

For some reason they split our group of 40 in half and paired each half with another church, so I didn't get to see all the kids all day. That made me kinda sad, but I really enjoyed my time with the kids that I did get to hang out with. I tried to pair myself with a lot of the kids that aren't as involved with the church so I could hopefully get them more involved.

So, after the puppet show we all got to eat some lunch and then head to the fun. The kids spent the day at a petting zoo, jumping on inflatables, making crafts, winning prizes at bingo, playing outdoor games, and finally talking one on one with a junior higher about the Gospel. I was excited because this year I was pretty sure we had several kids that weren't Christians, or at least didn't fully understand the Gospel. It was so great to talk to those kids on the way home and hear everything they learned. They were all SO excited!

The day lasted 6 hours, and we were all pretty exhausted by the time we got on the most. Most of the kids (and leaders, haha) fell asleep on the bus ride home. In all it was an amazingly fun and successful day. I'm kinda sad its over.

Tomorrow is Mother's Day, and I am missing my mom. With everything going on in my life right now, I wish I had some stability around me, which is what she is for me. Frank and Carisa have been out of town for the last 10 days and I have been staying at the house with Kirsten. Its been really fun to have someone around and to not eat dinner alone. Frank and Carisa come back on Monday, so Kirsten and I are going to try and clean the house really well tomorrow. I'm still feeling really overwhelmed with everything...planning after-school trips and parties and ALL the summer stuff while still trying to figure out if I am going to even be here in the fall. I'm trying to take things one day at a time, but I get a little worried that things are going to catch up to me. This verse in Matthew is what I am trying to hold on to..."Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." ~Matthew 6:34