When your van/bus/caravan pulls into a community, your week of VBS has officially started. In some cases, you might be spotted coming down the road. It doesn’t take long before you have a crowd of familiar faces welcoming you back into their community. Kids eager to see who has come back and where so and so is and even though VBS always starts on Monday they still ask, “When does VBS start?” I love it! Often there are a few new faces and nearly every time they say one of my favorite phrases, “What are you guys doing here?” So I explain about LAMP and explain VBS with the Bible stories, crafts and games. This next part happens almost every time, they pause and think. Then say, “Umm I might come tomorrow.” Nearly every time they come to VBS the next day and there starts a new relationship through Christ.

               In John 1 verses 43-51, Jesus comes to town. While he didn’t show up in a church van and no crowds met him, he does find one person Philip and says, “Follow me.” Philip follows Jesus. Knowing that Jesus is the one that Moses and the prophets wrote about, Philip tells his friend Nathanael. Nathanael was a bit doubtful so Philip says, “Come and see.” Once Philip meets Jesus, all doubt goes away and the new life in Christ begins with Philip, for Philip “…will see greater things than these.”

               Through baptism and the gift of the Holy Spirit, we are able to “come and see” Jesus. To experience His love and forgiveness in our lives. Through building relationships with people and especially people in Northern British Columbia, they too are able to “come and see” Jesus as God works through each of us to help reach all people. Pray that God can you use you today, to help others come and know that someday they “...will see greater things than these.”