I apologize for the small size of two of the pictures... I am not sure why some came out small and others large enough to see better. 17 left Digos to go to Butuan City on a "Mission trip" They were all in one truck - and had 5 flat tires before arriving. Butuan is on the north side of Mindanao, Digos in the southern part - about six hours apart, with good travel. I think it took more than 10 due to the flat tires. They are prepared to teach Vacation Bible School at the church there. As well as teaching, they are training the staff there to facilitate two more VBS's in outreaches they have started. They are dressing to emphasize the culture of the scripture and Bible times.

Not only do they dress the part, but they also act out the stories. Each child is given a "buff" to designate the group that he is a part. They have four groups, one is in the story time, one in game time, one in craft time, and the fourth in snack time. They then rotate to the next session. There were more than 70 children enrolled in the VBS.

Several of the mission participantes are new Christians - having accepted Christ this past year at the Youth Center. They are living their new faith by sharing Christ.