The holiday
season was a refreshing break filled with lots of food, family, and friends!
Wouldn’t it
be nice to pause life in that moment?
Tuesday
Night is back with all the kids talking about Christmas…complaining about going
back to school. If only they understood, they are receiving an education.
They are blessed.
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| Malachi |
Tristan spent a weekend at the cabin with youth guys from our Thursday Night Class.
Since the winter has been mild, they played football, threw Frisbee, and grilled over a fire.
It was also special because one of the guys that moved to west Philadelphia was able to come. We hadn’t seen him since camp in the fall.
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| Sanai |
It finally feels like winter is here. Not much fun outdoors until it snows.
So let the indoor games begin…this too shall pass!
(Any brilliant ideas…please let me know!)
Christmas
in the city this year was special.
It is an
opportunity to help homeless men and women on the streets. A cup of coffee, candy cane, or a blanket etc…and they are okay with a friendship!
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| Sharing a cup of hot chocolate with strangers |
One night
at 11pm, the abandoned house behind us started on fire.
They closed
off three blocks.
There were
five fire trucks…and they didn’t leave until 2am.
We went to
Checker’s for French fries.
It was
loud.
The whole
neighborhood woke up.
And for
several days my house smelled like smoke.
There was a
man in center city who was walking a lama. The lama was named Dominick.
Still
confused…did he think it was a donkey?
The youth
guys took cookies to the local police station for Christmas.
This was a big
deal for them!
Rather monumental to get them to willingly go inside a police station. Kindness to police is very opposite what their
culture teaches.
We love having
children over for supper.
They may not help cook…but they always want to help with dishes.
Isn’t time
spent together with food such a fun way to build relationship?
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| Serenity, Malachi, and Kayla |
There is something healthy about reflecting on the past year.
Tristan and I have a lot of moments from 2015 that we are placing as monuments…a testimony to the grace of our Father.
It was quite the journey.
Is He not the faithful One?
