I've started taking care of two children, a nine year old girl and a six year old boy, in the evenings while their mother attends night school. I get to "experience" picking children up from school and helping with homework that isn't graded by my mother! The past few days I've brought the fiddle, telling the kids they can play it when their homework is done. The six year old wrote a song he entitled "The Theme" in which he plays the open D and A strings as fast and as hard as he can. He practiced it for over an hour Monday. ...I'm also experiencing "patience strengthening", ...and a slight headache:) All in all though - I'm really loving it!!!
So, between that and cleaning houses throughout the day, I'm almost never at home it seems! Take today for instance, I left about 8am, and I won't get back till about 10:30 pm. Part of me kind of misses being around family all the time!
Our family has been doing a service at a Christian Drug Rehab twice a month. I have to admit that at first I really did not want to go. In fact I'm a ashamed to say that I kind of reverted to those "childish ways" a little, and whined about it. I felt it was too far of a drive, I was really tired, and I didn't really feel like "leading worship" to a bunch of guys who would rather be somewhere else. But after I got over my little pity party, I was really amazed. God is really working in the lives of those men, and it's pretty neat to see how even their faces become less hardened every couple weeks. Their stories are incredible, and have helped us to realize even more how blessed we were to grow up in a Christian home.
Anyway... that's about it!
Blessings... Jessica
