We just returned from a fabulous Easter Break trip to Mexico. We spent three full days with 3 other families from our church just outside of Tijuana at the Grace Children's Home. GCH is home to thirty great kids ranging in age from 3 to 13. The folks at GCH were gracious enough to let us add our collective 12 kids to the mix for a few days, bringing the total to 40+ kiddos.
The men in our group helped hang drywall in GCH's new 3 story education center and worked on repairing several of the home's vehicles. The ladies helped with small cleaning, organizing and painting projects as well as helping the kids with crafts and homework. What a blessing it was for our family. One of the GCH staff members commented that our time with them seemed so peaceful. When I stopped to think about, it, I realized that peacful wasn't the first word that came to mind when I thought about a place with 40 plus kids and a full-time construction site, but we did in fact have a peaceful time together...truly from the Lord.
"Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ" Phil. 1:2
If you are interested in knowing more about the ministry of GCH, check out their blog at http://www.gspalaublog.blogspot.com
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Thursday, March 6, 2008
In Memory of Nawana, Rainey and Aliesafris
Nawana, Rainey and Aliesafris were Hannah's imaginary friends for quite some time. Nawana came in to our lives first. She went everywhere with us and I would often find Hannah having full conversations with her. A little while later, Nawana turned up with a friend named Rainey and sometime after that, we had a friendly snake on our ceiling named Aliesafris. After several months of hearing nothing about these special friends, I asked Hannah where they were and what they were up to. Sadly, yesterday she informed me that Nawana was run over by a truck. Today it seems only Aliesafris was run over and Nawana and Rainey are at school. All I know is that they are no longer a part of our daily lives and I seem to miss them more than anyone. I asked Hannah if she could draw a picture of them for me so I would have something to remember them by and she told me, "Mom, they're not real". Why does she have to grow up? I convinced her that she could use her imagination and she decided to humor me with a drawing. Here it is for those of you interested in what they looked like. I think it's interesting that Nawana looks suspiciously like her buddy Abbie and Rainey looks suspiciously like her. They are both lucky enough to have their ears pierced though. They must have a much nicer mom than me!
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