One day during Choir Tour, we went to a place called the Dream Center. It was in a very low income, not so nice part of St. Louis. We spent the morning walking door to door, handing out flyers about the meal program, praying with people, and picking up trash along the way. I was a little hesitant about taking the kids to do this, but I'm so glad we did. What a great lesson for them to learn, about being the hands and feet of Jesus. It is good for them to see that not everyone has the nice things that they do...a nice home, a room full of toys, a closet full of beautiful clothes, a refrigerator full of food...things that we take for granted all of the time.
Mackenzie thought picking up trash was just about the most fun she had ever had! She found a beer bottle cap that she just really loved and wanted to keep as a treasure...uh, NO! (I was very thankful for the plastic gloves...there would have been no picking up trash otherwise!) Madison picked up trash too, but she was more interested in going up to the doors with Daddy to talk to people.
Jonah was just along for the ride, happy as could be, with lots of teenagers to entertain him!
Just chillin'
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