Mar. 7, 2009 - A good day with my boys & a big step for Savannah!
Every year the high school kids from our church go "Inner City Mission" it is a Christian Homeless shelter, there is an amazing group of adults who go with the kids every year and they spend the first day working on things, fixing, painting whatever they need help with, then they spend the night and get up and worship with everyone before coming home! Sonny has gone for the past 3 years and loves it, he always comes back recharged and "on fire" it is so cool to see. Well this year he decided that he thought Savannah should go with him, she isn't actually old enough it is supposed to be only for the high school kids, but since Sonny always goes, and got permission ahead of time she was able to go. I wasn't sure how I felt about it at first, I kept thinking she is Jr. High age, why throw her in with a bunch of high schoolers???? (even though we have a great group of kids) Sonny's response was I will be there with her and after experiencing this myself I think it is something that she should experience, regardless of age, to see this group of people who live there and have barely a thing, but are so thankful and in love with the Lord NO MATTER WHAT!! As we are seeing our little girl become a young lady (she'll be 12 in a little over 3 weeks) we are seeing so many changes in her already and yes they are pretty much all positive, but it never hurts to be sure your kids have some perspective! And the fact that she was so excited to get to go with her daddy and help other people!! Priceless!! Besides she told me this morning before they left that she thought she should go and watch out that dad doesn't "do to much with his bad hand" So even with my reservations in the beginning I understood what Sonny was saying and stood back (where I should be more often than I am) and followed his lead on the decision to take her. This meant a day for me and the boys after we dropped them off at church EARLY THIS MORNING, we came home and got the bikes out and they were riding like crazy all morning!! They came in and helped me do some organizing (all there idea
) . After lunch outside we did a bit of running around. We took the dog for a walk, and now tonight it is movie/popcorn time and they get to "camp out" in the living room!! Pretty simple, but all in all a great day with my little men! And I can't wait to hear about Sonny and Savannah's day tomorrow.
I'm off to get the snacks out!
