relief

I am feeling a little bit of relief right now. I am the preschool director for my church's VBS this summer. A job I volunteered for, to an extent. You may have noticed my ranting earlier in the month about people who say they will help and then don't. I don't mind helping out, I have the time and energy and even the experience with children. I just didn't want to be the only one doing stuff. The assistant pastor and his wife have been awesome, what hard working wonderful people. I also didn't want to be the one calling everybody who may or may not have attended our church during the past year to get reliable volunteers. I detest calling people out of the blue and asking them to volunteer. It just isn't my cup of tea. I am not a phone talker anyway, unless my college roommate calls:)

Well, it turns out that God does provide, because coming out of the woodwork here lately is a slew of people who have had changes in their summer plans and are now available. Yay! I'll take it, I don't care what happened, what changes people's minds, I'm just glad it happened. So right now, 4 days out, the preschool VBS is fully staffed with a couple of people as extras just in case someone is sick or whatever. What a relief! I may be actually able to interact with my own children today instead of being constantly on my hotmail or the phone. And even though it is fully staffed, I still cannot wait until next Friday. When the whole thing is over and kids from all over the community have had a blast getting to know about God. It is all worth it, all the stress of finding volunteers, getting supplies out to them, working with other adults who are intense. If we can help a child feel connected to God, we have done a good thing.

So, please pray for us next week. All the children, all the parents bringing and picking up their beautiful preschoolers, and of course for all the volunteers.