20 years ago today I lost my father. If I sat here and typed till morning, I still would not have run out of things to say. But this is the piece I am led to share tonight: I had the kind of dad that makes it very easy to understand God’s love for us. Living on the receiving end of unconditional love was something I naïvely thought everyone got to enjoy. As a grown-up I understand what a privilege it was. I am so sad I only had 25 years with him, but I am thankful for the eternity yet ahead.
Day: April 21, 2017
Daddy’s Birthday – 2017
75% of us were available to celebrate Daddy’s birthday on his actual birthday.
I left Flower City Work Camp cold and wet, and met John, the girls, Nan and Nene at Golden Corral.
Dinner was really good… so to speak.
Katriel’s-
This was Marie’s response to fudge, “I don’t know what this is, but it’s amazing!”
Tab had more dessert than food.
I was as tired as I looked.
The next day, we picked up the boys from FCWC and celebrated Daddy’s birthday properly. I made a fine dinner and wonderful dessert.
Johanna worked SO HARD making him wrapping baby and finished just in time for him to tear it apart.
We sang Happy Birthday to this swell guy, and all fell into bed – exhausted!
Flower City Work Camp – 2017
This was the boys’ second year participating in Flower City Work Camp. It was the first year I participated. The boys each served on Work Sites and I was an adult leader of a Sidewalk Club.
I have very few photos of the boys, but I have a lot of my time with Sidewalk Club. Our club presented two VBS-like programs at two different vacant lots in the city to the kids in the neighborhoods with the goal of sharing the gospel to them.
These photos are from throughout the week.
I reported Monday afternoon to get some group work done with our team and to decorate our vehicles.
Here’s my team. ♥
Tuesday morning I had my first taste of “send off.” This is when the Sidewalk Club teams encourage the work site kids on their way to their work sites.
Sidewalk Club teams work on their presentations for the day, and have devotions. I must say I was blown away by the devotions our student shepherds led.
We ate lunch at 10:30 A.M., loaded our cars, and went to our sites.
Our first day the weather was gorgeous. We only had a few kids at our first site, and maybe double at our second site.
Wednesday morning I got to visit a bit with Gabby, who was on another Sidewalk club. She’s from our church and I’ve know here since she was in 3rd grade.
LoDestri Foods had donated gobs and gobs and gobs of tea to the ministry. We did what we could to knock down the pile every day. We handed them out to everyone we met.
Elena being Barrabas.
Micah with some of the tea we took to the sites to give away.
Wednesday – was wet. And cold.
We got more tea on Thursday
And a ton more rain.
It was a great week. I believe seven kids came to Christ on our Sidewalk Sites.
And Nigel and Stewart had a great week on their sites, as well.
Meanwhile, Marie and Tab held down the fort at home.
Dayspring Disciples 