Hi Everyone,
One of the sweetest benefits of Crist and I being in Jos, Nigeria is being able to serve along-side our daughter, Corrie, and John and the kids. When your kids are young and you're still in the "Mommy & Daddy" stage, you discipline, guide and just love your children to the next stage of life. Well, we're into "Stage 4" now with our "kids" and all that is left to do is to just love them - which is the fun part. This past week, Corrie and the 8th grade girls at Hillcrest School had an outing to OLA to love on the babies and I went along to help and assist. Wow! It's been a long time since I've been on a bus with a group of 8th grade girls! I even turned my hearing aid lower -grin. Such enthusiasm and zest for life would have been enough to get that bus to OLA even without any fuel in the gas tank. And once we had arrived at OLA, they jumped in and just did what had to be done. It was fun to watch and see how Corrie related to the girls and to see "my own girl" be a a great role model to them. All the pictures, except the first one to the left are of our trip to OLA.
The first picture was of yesterday morning at Hillcrest School at the High School/Middle School Chapel service. Corrie was the "speaker" and she shared about B2B's vision statement which is "Care for Today and Hope for Tomorrow." A group of high school students will be doing a work project at B2B's new Education Center on Saturday morning helping with electrical work, painting and any other odd jobs that need to be done. Corrie shared at Chapel service how education is vital for the orphan and how B2B is trying to come alongside Childrens' Homes to help in this process, knowing that Christ's heart will always be for the "least of these." Corrie was joy-filled, enthusiastic, and 100% authentic and I think every high schooler's ears and eyes were attuned to what she had to say.
All this to say, as a parent watching your child grow, mature and become the person God has called them to be - it was awesome and humbling. It's okay to be a proud mamma, right?
Chat with you again soon!
The first picture was of yesterday morning at Hillcrest School at the High School/Middle School Chapel service. Corrie was the "speaker" and she shared about B2B's vision statement which is "Care for Today and Hope for Tomorrow." A group of high school students will be doing a work project at B2B's new Education Center on Saturday morning helping with electrical work, painting and any other odd jobs that need to be done. Corrie shared at Chapel service how education is vital for the orphan and how B2B is trying to come alongside Childrens' Homes to help in this process, knowing that Christ's heart will always be for the "least of these." Corrie was joy-filled, enthusiastic, and 100% authentic and I think every high schooler's ears and eyes were attuned to what she had to say.
All this to say, as a parent watching your child grow, mature and become the person God has called them to be - it was awesome and humbling. It's okay to be a proud mamma, right?
Chat with you again soon!In-joy,
Eileen and Crist
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