The end.
7/30/10
7/10/10
Emile
Ready for a heart-wrenching series of photos?
They're so cute, that when they were uploading on the computer I almost died.
This is Emile; part adorable cuddly little angel, part troublemaker extraordinaire.
I'm just showing you the cuddly angel side though. That's mostly how I remember him anyway, especially since on the last day he cupped my face in his hands and asked if I wanted to stay and come live with him. He said my bedroom could be where the living room was now.
You try telling those big, brown, five-year-old eyes that you're about to get on a bus and leave and not come back for a year. I sure couldn't. I just hugged him and said "Sure!" and then gave him candy and a snowcone. Once the sugar buzz set in, he forgot all about it.
Oh, and the nickels he's holding?
His offering.
Am I the only one thinking about Luke 21:1-4?
They're so cute, that when they were uploading on the computer I almost died.
This is Emile; part adorable cuddly little angel, part troublemaker extraordinaire.
I'm just showing you the cuddly angel side though. That's mostly how I remember him anyway, especially since on the last day he cupped my face in his hands and asked if I wanted to stay and come live with him. He said my bedroom could be where the living room was now.
You try telling those big, brown, five-year-old eyes that you're about to get on a bus and leave and not come back for a year. I sure couldn't. I just hugged him and said "Sure!" and then gave him candy and a snowcone. Once the sugar buzz set in, he forgot all about it.
Oh, and the nickels he's holding?
His offering.
Am I the only one thinking about Luke 21:1-4?
"As he looked up, Jesus saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow [or small, inner city boy] put in two very small copper coins. 'I tell you the truth,' he said, 'This poor widow [or small, inner city boy] put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she [or he] out of her poverty put in all she [or he] had to live on.'"
Wow! I'm not saying that those few cents were all he had to live on, but still. It was a beautiful - and convicting! - picture of what true giving should look like.
"And he said, 'I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.'"
Matthew 18:3
Building Me
I've been all over lately, but I'm back home now. No more excuses for not writing! Mainly what's been going on with me is my youth group's annual New Orleans mission trip. This was my second year - I'm a veteran now :) - and while I thought that there was no way God and those kids would be able to impact me as much this time around as they did last summer, they did. I never ceased to be amazed at how easy it is to "find" God when we're looking for Him. Rather than try and tell you about it, I'm just going to share photos. It'll probably take a few posts, but oh well. I've been short on those anyhow.
Don't you just love them?
Believe me, they're not always easy to love. But then, next time you're in Nola, stop and take a good look around. Easy to love often translates to weak in their everyday life. They are hard, and tough. But they're still kiddos. And by the end of the week, they have your heart.
What do I love most about them?
God uses them every year to grow me up a little bit more. In a good way.
That's what I love most about them.
But them doing my hair for me every day comes as a close second.
Don't you just love them?
Believe me, they're not always easy to love. But then, next time you're in Nola, stop and take a good look around. Easy to love often translates to weak in their everyday life. They are hard, and tough. But they're still kiddos. And by the end of the week, they have your heart.
What do I love most about them?
God uses them every year to grow me up a little bit more. In a good way.
That's what I love most about them.
But them doing my hair for me every day comes as a close second.
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