I realized the other day that I used to post about the things I am thankful for all the time, and for some reason I stopped. Well, I decided I am going to start doing that again on a regular basis, because it requires me to conciously look back and be aware of all the experiences, friends, and sights I have been gifted with. So here we go! // Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like the shifting shadow. James 1:17
Dog sitting the cutest (and most annoying) pups around! Doug and Bailey are the Plunkett's dogs, so dog sitting them means we get to stay at the Plunkett's house. I love doing this, and especially loved it this time because we lit candles and played some jazz music through their awesome sound system. I practically grew up at the Plunkett's, and it's a special place to me so it's always great when I get to spend time there. It was also so peaceful, waking up in the morning to drink coffee looking out at the lake.
Driving around with Adam has always been one of my favorite things to do. So, I am thankful for the peaceful drive we went on after church on Sunday, listening to music and exploring roads we don't normally use. I'm also thankful for all the friends that came over for lunch on Sunday! It was great to spend time eating spaghetti, drinking tea and talking with some wonderful people.
Like I said in the above picture, going on dirves with Adam is one of my very favorite things. After class on Friday, we went on a coffee date, went on a drive and stumbled across a craft sale in an old one room school house. While there, we even saw Denise from church and got to talk to her for a while. AND I got a feather necklace. It's an Oriole feather between two pieces of glass and soldered on the sides.
The kids on Wednesday nights! Seriously, I just love their hearts. They have so much energy and can be super fun, but also have the best hearts ever. This week, Adam was talking about Districts during announcements, the conference that our youth group goes to every year. He was telling the kids that if they wanted to go but thought money was going to be an issue, they should talk to him so they could work something out to make it possible to go. Doc, one of the fifth grade boys raised his hand and said "I have twenty dollars that I could donate if someone needed it". Doc is in fifth grade, so he can't even go to Districts this year because he is too young, but he raised his hand and offered to give up all of his allowance money so that another student could go!!! I was probably tearing up that point because I thought it was just so awesome that Doc would offer to do that for another student. I am so thankful for these students, they amaze me each week and I am seeing God at work before my eyes. One girl is extremely shy, but she is slowly opening up more and more and I can tell she is becoming more confident in who she is. Other students are beginning to understand more about the gospel, and others are just being encouraged to be who they are in Christ. I'm so glad I get to be part of their lives and share Jesus with them each week.