This little girl has become my favorite...she was very shy at first but I was very persistent with her and now she is attached at my hip! She might be coming home with us :) She made this quilt square today which almost made me cry. It says "Xandria and Jenn...friends forever".
This little girl walks to the youth center everyday with NO shoes. I walked her home today and there was broken glass everywhere. So sad!
Hat making begins...
Yesterday was the most exhausting day by far. I had the crazy idea to have the kids decorate hats. We brought 100 white baseball hats and the kids were going to decorate them with paint, fabric markers, stamps, etc. Well, we quickly decided that would be absolute chaos so I was to help the kids design their hats and I would do the stamping. Much better idea but a ton of work for me especially since I stood in a HOT kitchen (well over 90 degrees) for HOURS! The good news is that they turned out adorable and the kids LOVED them. Well worth the work!
Every night when I get into bed (well, actually my deflating air mattress) I am overcome with thankfulness. I am thankful that I am here and having this experience, I am thankful for the hard work and the poor conditions we are in, I am thankful for the people I am with and for their amazing hearts, I am thankful that my family is able to serve together, I am thankful for these beautiful children that we are able to bond with, I am thankful for my life and quite sickened by how good we have it, I am thankful for my relationship with Christ and that He chose me to do work for Him but most importantly I am thankful that our family listened. He is sooooo good!
2 comments:
What great pictures. Happy to see my little Livi with a big smile on her face. Thinking about the 100 pair of shoes I picked up in your garage yesterday! Can you send stuff to these people?? Love and miss all of you. I am so glad we all live in STL I would go crazy! XX Grammy/Mom
Glad to hear your hat day and other festivities are going well. I'm so proud of your family for taking on this huge endeavor! (I thought remodeling my kitchen was a huge endeavor!!) Best to all and the Mullen's are praying for a blessed week. Love, Kath
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