Viva!
So, I'm helping out Sean's mom with the Vacation Bible School that she is coordinating at their church. She asked me months ago if I would help, and I agreed to it. I'm doing the storytime section. Or, as this particular VBS calls it, "HOT BIBLE ADVENTURES!"
Anyway, I have to memorize skits for all 5 days this week and perform them. It might have helped if I'd have memorized these a few weeks back, but I guess I just like the challenge and procrastination. So, learned tonight's yesterday. Will learn tomorrow's tonight, and so on and so on. I'm also doing a puppet skit, and I've determined that I am TERRIBLE at puppets. So, this should be a very interesting week.
For some reason, I'm really freaked out and nervous by this! I mean, I've been in plenty of shows before, but if I screw up a line, I can just make something up and get back on track. I can't really make up the Bible, though, so that makes me nervous. I'm also worried that I'll forget my props, and that I'll just be bad in general. Boo.
I couldn't sleep last night at all. Tossed and turned all night long. I had alternating dreams. In one dream I was doing VBS, and it was really just a montage like you used to see in the "Berenstain Bears" books, where different images would float towards you. In my dream, it was items that I couldn't forget (the puppet, costumes, rope, candy bar, spray bottle, shoes, etc.) and lines from the skit for tonight. Then I would suddenly jump into another dream where I was on a cruise ship with a bunch of people, but I kept getting into crazy arguments with people. I was majorly stressed out in my dream, and I remember actually thinking "You're not on a cruise! Stop dreaming about this - you NEED SLEEP!"
So wish me luck on teaching kids Bible stories - and pray I don't screw any of it up!
Anyway, I have to memorize skits for all 5 days this week and perform them. It might have helped if I'd have memorized these a few weeks back, but I guess I just like the challenge and procrastination. So, learned tonight's yesterday. Will learn tomorrow's tonight, and so on and so on. I'm also doing a puppet skit, and I've determined that I am TERRIBLE at puppets. So, this should be a very interesting week.
For some reason, I'm really freaked out and nervous by this! I mean, I've been in plenty of shows before, but if I screw up a line, I can just make something up and get back on track. I can't really make up the Bible, though, so that makes me nervous. I'm also worried that I'll forget my props, and that I'll just be bad in general. Boo.
I couldn't sleep last night at all. Tossed and turned all night long. I had alternating dreams. In one dream I was doing VBS, and it was really just a montage like you used to see in the "Berenstain Bears" books, where different images would float towards you. In my dream, it was items that I couldn't forget (the puppet, costumes, rope, candy bar, spray bottle, shoes, etc.) and lines from the skit for tonight. Then I would suddenly jump into another dream where I was on a cruise ship with a bunch of people, but I kept getting into crazy arguments with people. I was majorly stressed out in my dream, and I remember actually thinking "You're not on a cruise! Stop dreaming about this - you NEED SLEEP!"
So wish me luck on teaching kids Bible stories - and pray I don't screw any of it up!