Vacation Bible School 2012

Dobry Dien, (Good Day!) from all of us in Martin, Slovakia! We have had a great Vacation Bible School 2012!

Twelve people from St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Mahtomedi, Minnesota came to Martin this summer to prepare and lead the 2012 Vacation Bible School (VBS).

There were an unbelievable 250 kids participating in the VBS during the first week of July. The topic of the 5 days was “Jesus is Still With Us”. Through the Bible stories children were taught that Jesus is: The vine and we are the branches (Jn 15:5); The bread of Life (Jn 6:35), The good shepherd (Jn 10:11), The way, the truth, and the life (Jn 14:6) and The light of the world (Jn 8:12).

Many Slovak youth, who had participated a few years ago, came to help this year, too. Most of them served as helpers or interpreters. These Slovak youth are now the second generation of Vacation Bible School students. This is amazing! We can see tangible fruit from our American friends’ ministry – the next generation of Christian servant leaders is emerging in Slovakia!

In this we can see that God can uses even the small things that we offer and can make something beautiful and meaningful out of them. We are thankful for every blessing!