Personal Narrative: Bible School In Rock Hill, South Carolina

The morning starts bright and early, children arrive, their eyes are filled with excitement. Singing and dancing takes place, children laughing and playing with friends; they learn new stories and something new each day of the week. There is glitter, glue, paper, and stickers on the floor. Kids are surrounding you, wanting you to be their new best friend. Some children already know about Jesus and stories from the Bible. Whereas others, do not and their faith is now being planted and is starting to grow. This summer I had the privilege to teach a vacation bible school in Rock Hill, South Carolina. That experience has helped my faith and opened my eyes to other options in my future. This past summer I and several students from my church, St. John’s Wauwatosa, had the opportunity again to go to Illumine. Illumine is a church in South Carolina, which was started by former members at our church, who moved down south. It started in the middle of July, when 40 students and eight chaperones took four vans and began our journey. We drove down there in one very long day, around 14 hours. The next day we went to church and started to prep for the week's adventure. This year’s theme for the vacation bible school was ocean themed. …show more content…
One was their biological daughter; and the other was a friend who the family took in as theirs. The little girl who was not their real child was going through a lot of family problems. Those two little girls had such strong faith for only being four and six. They wanted to know more and more about Jesus. When others had questions the girls would explain and teach the other more about Jesus. They knew what they were talking about, and they were not afraid to express their faith. That moment inspired me, I should be like those little girls and be confident in my faith. I shouldn’t be scared or nervous to talk to others about what I