Helping Others.....

Jake proud of what he's accomplished..... below he is carrying his old toy kitchen in to give away.
lots of toys to be shared with kids who don't have a lot. The blue ball thing on the right was tough for me to let go. The boys learned to pull up on it and played with it for hours and hours. It also played one of the songs that was played when we used to go to SPURS games when we lived in San Antonio- Go Spurs Go! I thought about keeping it but I figured the boys were giving away a lot of their stuff that they really wanted to keep once they saw it loaded up, and it would be fun for another little boy or girl to play with too, so we let it go....

clothes, books, baby stuff, toys
the van packed full of goodies to give away....
Check out the proud look on Jake's face!

I help with Awana Cubbies on Wed. nights and the boys love to go. Mr. Bob and Mrs. Linda are great and the boys think Mr. Bob is some sort of super hero. ;) Part of our lesson this week was to help others within your church and to do things to help other people. This is what we have done so far......

We gathered up two bags of little toys for Kent and Terry to take the next time they go to Nicaragua on their mission trip. The video they showed us was touching and heartbreaking. Seeing so many little kids with no shoes really touched my heart- I couldn't help but think about all the shoes the boys have that they hardly ever wear or never wear. I'm hoping to send a bunch of shoes when they go again. I keep thinking that they are working on the souls of the families there which is the most important thing, but since I can't go I'd like to work on their soles.... cheezy I know, but I think about those poor children and say a prayer for them when I am laying in bed at night. I thought the little matchbox cars the boys don't play with, happy meal toys that are discarded shortly after we get home and things like that might bring a smile to those kids faces so I'm trying to save as many as I can for them to take when they go.

Locally we decided to clean out a bunch of toys, clothes and coats to go to the Interfaith center in town. It is sponsored by the local churches and families can go there to buy things they need very cheap or if they can't afford to make a donation they give them to them. We gave about 7 big boxes of toys, 6 kids winter coats and 2 winter baby bunting sleepers, several bags of clothing, some books, and some house hold items. I explained to the boys that people who couldn't afford things would be able to have toys, coats and clothing for their children because they shared what they had. Jake said "just like Jesus shares". What an amazing thing to come out of the mouth of a 4 year old. I hope he remembers things like this as he gets older. We have a wonderful church family at Calvary Baptist and I can't think of a better place for them to grow up learning about Jesus and all he did for them and continues to do. Josh is excited to share toys he has outgrown too. He asked if once the other kids get them if he could go and see them and play with them. He was sleepy and didn't go with us to drop things off tonight but he wants to go take more stuff tomorrow- I'm already working on loading the van again! It's fun to share with someone you know needs things and can use them.