Ducky for Ducky…

Before she was born, we called her “Ducky.”
She has received more than a few ducks through the years.
She’s been travelling around the house with “Ducky” the last few days.

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Character Counts!

Last Friday was our first day of co-op.

As lunch time arrived, Katriel spoke to me, utterly devastated. The $1 she had packed for herself to buy a treat at the snack bar was missing.  I provided her another $1 bill, and she survived nicely.

On the drive home, she shared a story about how as they were changing classes this afternoon, she found a $50 on the floor and turned it in to an adult teacher.  She asked me what would happen to the person who lost the money.  They probably needed it for something important. I assured her the board would make sure the rightful owner got it and God would take care of them.

Fast-forward to last night.  I got a text around 8:00PM about Katriel and found money.  I assumed it was about her $1 lost, because that was what she’d talked about on and off all week.  Then I remembered she’d found money and –BINGO- that was what Mrs. Jenn was talking about.  She said she wanted to recognize Katriel’s character during announcements.  You could have knocked Katriel down with a feather when they called her up.

You could have knocked ME over with a feather when they blessed her with a certificate, some treats, a $5 ticket for snacks at the snack bar, and a $25 VISA gift card!  WHOA! 

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I’m not the least bit astonished that she turned the money in.  But I’m glad she had such a wonderfully sweet blessing to boot.

Crafts for the Creed – 2

Johanna continued to work through her Creed AHG Bible Study and the acts of service the girls decided on.  One of the planned outings was to visit a Memory Care unit with crafts to complete with the residents.  Johanna, Claire, and Beretta have been graciously included Katriel, as well.

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It was the first up-close look at dementia for my girls.   I saw their soft hearts made softer.  I hope that sticks.  (We were allowed to take photos.)  We plan to go back in the fall to play BINGO.

July happenings

While some of the girls and I were at VBS, Marie and Nan went out for dinner.

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I was a leader for one of the groups, and Tabitha helped in another one.  Johanna started to help in crafts, but was then asked to help with preschool.

Katriel was a camper.

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Also this week – Nigel and I had an information day for students at USCUpstate.

And Katriel ended up with a bug bite so inflamed that we went to Urgent Care.

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True story.
The doctor walked into our room – 9:15PM and says, “You’re a few days early!”
Sure enough, we had had Katriel at the same Urgent Care LAST July the night after we moved here for the exact same issue.

Katriel’s perspective it is the same bug that is after her, and it found her again after looking all year long.

VBS helpers!

The text came looking for eager helping hands.
We were delighted to respond.
A few hours later, we’d prepped about 100 of these!

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These will be handed out to the kids who come to VBS!

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Carowinds!

It may or may not have been 700F, but Johanna, Katriel and I helped drive some of the youth group to Carowinds amusement park for the day.

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The park is partially in SC and partially in NC.

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They rode some insane rides.

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We enjoyed a silly Snoopy show.

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We fought traffic back to our little corner of the world and had a fun dinner at a Pizza Inn in Duncan.

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