VBS Holy Land Adventure

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Location: Tacoma, Washington, United States

My daily prayer is to be the woman God designed me to be, to love my husband as I should and to love and teach my daughter by letting the Love of God flow through me.

Friday, July 28, 2006

This is the marketplace Bakery - we showed 2 members of each tribe how to make bread. Each night 2 different members would come make bread - we would deliver the bread to the tribe later in the evening.




















Making Banana Bread















Braiding the "Challah" bread - celebrating the birth of Jesus in our village (Bethlehem)















Watching the drama of the shepherds telling a village women the Messiah had been born in their village!

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Breads -
Monday - Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing - apx. 130 with only 5 or 6 leftover
Tuesday - Yeast Rolls with Honey Butter - 153 exactly! None left!
Wednesday - "Challah" (pictured below) to celebrate the birth of Jesus (17 Loaves, no leftovers, apx. 150 kids/adults)
Thursday - Big soft Cinnamon Sugar Pretzels (apx. 140 kids/adults)
















This is the "Farmers Market" - grapes, bananas, dates, almonds, apricots, olives, etc.














Coin Makers Shop - making a Jewish coin















Another drama telling about Mary and Joseph coming to Bethlehem

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This is the paper mache oven Dave made for the Bakery. He added a Red Light and a baking stone. It looked real. The kids loved it!















The Marketplace
















"Reuben" - Tribe Room - this is our Sunday School classroom - decorated to look like a tent.


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The Perfume Shop













The Grain Mill - The children ground the grain to send to the Bakery to make bread
















The Mosaic Shop - jewel topped wooden keepsake box
















The Toy Maker Shop (Dreidel) and The Musical Instrument Shop (Flute)

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The Coin Makers Shop
















The Dye Shop - a color-dyed small bag















The Bakery (Dave made the sign in Hebrew also)
















The Farmers Market

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