Chris was in charge of the audiovisual component of our VBS experience tonight. I hope you enjoy a slightly different perspective…and seeing me in some pictures!
The first “store” we visited tonight was The Food Market. Sam explained the types of foods people ate in Nazareth and how they cooked and stored food. Then we got to sample some of the foods.
Avery and I enjoyed dried cranberries, dried cherries and chocolate-covered raisins. I’m sure they didn’t have chocolate-covered anything in biblical times, but apparently chocolate-covered raisins are our senior pastor’s favorite snack. So that’s how they ended up on the menu.
Avery dipped some leavened bread in olive oil and spices. But she wouldn’t eat it. Then we also ate some fresh fruit, like grapes, melons and pineapple.
Finally, we visited The Wool Shop. Here we made felted soap.
We learned that the felt on the soap served two purposes: It helped the soap stay together (since soap at that time wasn’t as compact as our commercial bars of soap are today), and it helped exfoliate the skin.
This was my least favorite shop so far. It was a little boring for both me and Avery. But she already said that she wants to use the soap herself.
Tomorrow is the last night of VBS. I hope Avery has enjoyed this week as much as Chris and I have!