You can't buy living water at the Dutchmen's Store...

though they've got about everything else. Peg and I enjoyed a field trip to this Mennonite old-fashioned general store on Wednesday, halfway through VBS in Cantril. This store and a few other businesses help create a little more hustle and bustle here than some of the other small towns we've been to, but it's still certainly not a big place. The UM church has a congregation with no kids, like many other churches of its size, but several from the community came to enjoy Bible school.

We'd lucked out so far with the weather, but on day one of Bible school here, it poured down rain, making unloading a real pain and dampening any hopes we had for a big turnout. At five minutes to ten, we were beginning to wonder what if you had a Bible school and nobody came. Fortunately, in just a few minutes, we were greeted by six smiling faces. Small but mighty, the kids helped tell the creation story (see picture), made a space mobile at craft time, and listened when we encouraged them to bring friends. The next day we had 12 kids- double the first day! We stayed at about 12 for the week. I took the six youngest ones for class, and I was really impressed with their cheerful attitudes and helpful spirits (including a six year old helping erase a paper for a three year old who was distraught when he discovered "it won't come off!") Today, we reviewed our stories and sang songs for a few parents and church helpers at the program. It's hard to believe that this was our last Vacation Bible school!! Time for camp!