This week has been filled with “To Do” lists.
So it can be very difficult to stay focused on the things that really matter…the kids.
Between moving our group house to a new location, starting up our new Fall VBS programs with all of our ministry partners, and launching our new website, it was one of those weeks that, if you are not careful, you can spend all your time laboring away at the menial (somewhat necessary) managerial tasks, and completely miss out on the real needs, ministry, and relationship nurturing that must continue to happen no matter how busy we get.
So, let me share three little highlights from this past week that had absolutely nothing to do with the hustle and bustle of back-end ministry management…
#1
Last Friday, we headed out to San Jose in the morning with Mau and Lizy to treat all the kids for lice. It was quite fun and most of the kids enjoyed having their heads massaged for 15-20 minutes…
#2
Last night, we took corn on the cob, a Mexican favorite, to San Jose to celebrate Kai’s (our son) 2nd birthday with the girls. We had so much fun with them…
While we were there, we were abel to chat with Jorge, about some recent problems he has been having with a group of kids bullying him at school.
This is Jorge, at his finest…
It was a difficult conversation as he is really being bothered by them (no physical abuse or anything dangerous) and we were not sure what advice to give him. But we told him to try to kill them with kindness… please join with us in praying for Jorge and that these kids would stop bullying him.
#3
Last but not least, this morning, we were able to start taking the kids from San Jose to the dentist for much needed work to be done!
The first two lucky ones were Mari and Sofi…
Mari definitely had it the worst as she had to have two of her molars pulled…
Sofi had to have two fillings put it in…
They both did great and have appointments next Tuesday for quite a bit more work to be done. It has been a huge blessing to have a local dentist partnering with Back2Back and offering her time free of charge and only charging us for the cost of materials needed!
PRAISE GOD!!
Fiestas, Bullies, and Teeth