Saturday, December 20, 2008

A Nice Day

Today our senior high youth group had a service project and a Christmas party. We had to be to church by 8am and I was NOT happy about that this morning. I was whining and complaining the whole time I was getting ready. It turned out to be a great day, though. During the school year, I don't work with the teens on Wednesday night youth group. I work with the Awana Sparkies. (which you all know I love) Sometimes I forget how much I enjoy being with the teens. I go to Sunday School with them and activities, but the activities are the times where I really get to connect with the kids and get to know them better. They are an encouragement to me. Today we went to help out with an inner city program that reaches out to a very difficult area. I believe that this city is rated one of the worst in the country. The kids were adorable and the gospel was shared. It was so interesting to listen to and see the way that they ran the program. I was blessed by going and hope that we will be able to continue helping this ministry out in the future. Cheney left feeling that the ministry was a very worthwhile thing and I really appreciate my sons being able to participate in something like that. All in all, it was a great day, even if I did have to get up early on a Saturday morning.

4 comments:

Kelli said...

sounds wonderful. isnt it funny, when we are complaining about going somewhere so early or what ever, it ends up being the best day ever!

Melanie L said...

It was great talking to you tonight!

junglemama said...

Sounds great! Hope you have a Merry Christmas!

Martha said...

I need to get out more. We met up with Dave and my parents at the nursing home Christmas Eve morning and sang carols for the residents. I think we need to do it more often.