Vacation Bible School

Vacation Bible School

That first summer at Leeburn we had a serious crime wave. A masked bandit was killing our chickens. In spite of our diligent detective work, we just couldn't catch him in the act. He usually struck under cover of darkness, and after gorging on the tenderest parts of his chicken catchatori, he would move on over to the carport where the dog's dish had a few tasty tidbits. We came up with a plan....borrowing a 22 gauge gun from one of our Sunday School children, we sat in wait at the window facing the carport. He came that night, as usual... we took careful aim....and missed!
Quickly opting for "plan B", we let loose our dog Pete, who gladly took chase. Pete was a shepherd/collie mix making him a very determined prey dog. Knowing we probably wouldn't be seeing Pete again for a day or two, we went back to bed .
The next day was the beginning day of Vacation Bible School. Our VBS's in Leeburn were quite well attended, with local children coming from far and wide. Halfway through the morning there were excited shouts coming from out behind the chicken coop..... where Pete had treed the biggest, fattest raccoon ever. This time we gave the gun to its rightful ten-year-old owner who deftly shot and killed the raccoon. After disposing of the corpse, we went back to our Vacation Bible School. It was definitely the most interesting activity that day.