Captain Shield- "God's Heroes Have Heart!"

Last week found Paige and me in Van Wert, Iowa. It was a small but mighty group- we averaged 10-11, but this group of God’s heroes sure had heart! The very first little girl to arrive came with her purple Bible in tow (and a winged doll named Neveah, heaven backwards) and proceeded to read to us the inscription in her Bible her grandparents had written when they were still alive. It was remarkably special and a great reminder that our faith is passed on by family.

Family doesn’t have to be related to you, though. We had some great helpers here who were willing to jump in and do whatever was needed, finding lots of ways to share God’s love with the kiddoes and each other. Instead of worrying about setting up the projector and messing with technology for the video, they had prepared to do the video parts of the opening assembly script live. Instead of “code blue” called for in the script, they used “code white” and flew in a large cloth dove on a stick. They had as much fun performing as we did watching. Captain Shield was extra dedicated in her costume in 90 degree heat.

While I was in the area, I stopped by Osceola to help with Pastor Rosa’s Latino youth group. They are a great group of kids, and we learned the story of Pentecost, where the Spirit-filled disciples spoke in all kinds of languages. We learned how to say “Holy Spirit” in Spanish, English, Chinese, Cherokee, and Hebrew. Many of the kids were also excited to sign up for JOY camp! They are looking for a young, energetic English-speaker to come do lessons with them, so if you know somebody in the area, let me know!