F.L.I.G.H.T. -W.

Our FLIGHT-W (That's Feeling Loved In God's House This Week) experience began aboard an old cargo plane which we adapted for passengers. Unfortunately, we hit a time warp, and were thrown back in time. Fortunately, we were able to adapt our controls to help us travel to when we wanted.

Our first stop was at The Garden of Eden. This beautiful idyllic place was spoiled by an evil serpent who tempted Eve and Adam to try to be like God. We also see here Adam and Eve in their new FALL wardrobe. He may have look like George Burns in the movies, but the Almighty appeared to US in the guise of Charles Brantley. (One little girl, seeing Charlie behind a screen, said, "I see God!" Undeterred when told it was Charlie Brantley, she said, "God smiled at me!" I hope all the children felt God smile at them during this week.)

Our next stop was that perenniel favorite of kids, the story of Noah's Ark. We couldn't find any gopher wood, so our ark was constructed as a "bubble tent" from two huge black drop cloths and inflated it with two window fans in the corners. The children donned animal masks and we marched into the ark while singing "Arky, Arky," the favorite experience of the week for some of the kids.

Our next visit was to Jacob and that rabble of raucous boys, and how they treated their brother Joseph. Joseph had quite a time in Egypt, trying to fend off the advances of Mrs. Potiphar and ending up in prison. From there, though, he rose to great power, and saved not only Egypt, but also his own family who came there seeking food. A chance to get even with his brothers? No, he had forgiven them, and brought ALL the sons of Jacob to Egypt to live.

We returned to Egypt when all the great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great .... great-great- grandchildren of Jacob were slaves in Egypt. We learned about the burning bush, old hard-headed (and hard-hearted) Pharaoh, the plagues, the ten commandments, the tabernacle, and when water came from a rock!

Each night, we explained how these events pointed ahead to the coming of Jesus Christ, or how they foreshadowed the work He would do for us. A million thanks to ALL the GREAT Volunteers, and especially to Allison and Christie Hughes, our VBS directors. We had a great week and a great time.

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