Faith Adventures

We have been fortunate to be involved in a number of different ways that build community and intentionally engage with our Christian faith. 

At the beginning of the month, our church hosted Manna for Many.  This is an organization that brings all the supplies a group needs to bag dried soup ingredients.  Each bag feeds 7 people and costs approximately $1.  It was a lot of fun.  There were all ages involved one Wednesday night for about 2 hours of work time.  We tagged, bagged, weighed, and packed 2000 bags of soup.  It was a time filled with great conversations, laughter, and work.  Madison and Ellie had a great time.  Madison decided she could do this for her job some day.

         

Last Saturday, I took Madison to a Secret Keeper Girl night out.  This is a night (afternoon) for moms (or significant adult) and daughters to connect with one another.  The theme this year was “Masterpiece of God.”  Basically, it is a way to remind girls that they are God’s masterpieces.  They do not have to look or act like society tells them; it also tries to build their self-image/acceptance.  I thought it was good, but I would probably have chosej to wait until Madison was in 4th/5th grade because some of the things they talked about actually start becoming an issue at that age.  As far as I can tell, Madison likes the way God has created her – strong, happy, playful, imaginative, and creative – and I LOVE that!  It was fun to go together – no Ellie and no Daddy (who had their own special time grocery shopping and eating at the Dariette).

    

Finally, we participated in the Amazing (G)Race with the SYF.  Jeremy and I were both drivers, and the girls rode along with my team.  Katie (sponsor) planned much of the race, and it was a lot of fun.  Jeremy had the great idea that the drivers could be in disguise with moustaches, which made our role even more official. 

  

My team came in last (and we had the longest distance between the challenges) but we put forth great effort – putting Bible events in order, backstitching at star pattern at Fitzwater’s, kayaking to the island at Braun’s, and pulling weeds at Himes’s.