After a Saturday morning of preparing classrooms for Monday's VBS, we met with the local church at the minister and his wife's house on their farm. This part of Nebraska has rolling hills covered with fields and fields of corn and alfalfa. A lot of time on that Saturday afternoon and evening was spent catching up on news, playing Frisbee football, snipe hunting (that was a hoot!) and chowing down on delicious hamburgers, baked beans, potato salad, chips and brownies. YUM!
Here's a picture of the two of us on a hill overlooking the Elk River valley. So pretty!
Sunday morning was spent in worship with the church there in West Point followed by a fantastic covered dish dinner. VBS at the Cummin County Fair Grounds began on Monday morning and continued through Thursday. Danny likes to wear cowboy boots and a cowboy hat to welcome the kids each morning.
Danny helped the teens out in the 2's and 3's class - lots of toddlers needing extra hands and attention. I was one of the cooks for the week.
A service project is always done while on the mission trip. This year's project was to replace the roof on the church building and washing the bus and storage tubs. Hot and hard job!
On Tuesday afternoon, our group traveled to Omaha to tour the Henry Doorley Zoo! Highlights of the zoo include the aquarium, the primate village, the rain forest! Make sure you visit this zoo if you ever get an opportunity.
Thursday afternoon we left West Point and headed south. We parted ways with the Texas youth group after our evening meal in Kansas City. The youth group continued on the way to Branson for a day of fun and we two spent the night with our good friends who now live in Kansas City.
Friday morning Danny and I began our trek to my Brantley Family Reunion in Starkville, Mississippi. More on that in the next blog.
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