Amazing Gracie Part II

Last night our Bible verses were from Matthew. So I told the story...

One day some men came to Jesus and asked Him what the most important things were that God told them to do.

Jesus told them that there were two things:
1. Love God with all your heart.
2. Love others.

So while Nathan laid on the floor [unusual for him, he was tired I guess] and Colin played at the sink [turning the water off and on] and our other leader Miss Maggie [Gracie's mom by the way] made sure that Colin did not fall or burn himself with the hot water, I asked Gracie who she loved.

"Colin"
"Really, who else?"
"Nathan"
"Wow! Who else??
"Owen" [Owen wasn't even there this week]
"That's great. Who else?" [by this point, I'm wondering when she'll say Jesus or God]
"Momma!"
"You love your mom? I think that's great. Who else?"
"I LOVE YOU MR. ROGER"

That made my night. It was so worth it to be there.

Amazing Grace

I don't update this blog often enough.

For those of you that are randomly pulling up blogs, you may not be here by mere chance. This blog is to tell you about my "adventures" with what I call The Purple Plastic Piano People My church has a ministry for special needs kids. I've been out of church for about a month now due to health reasons. Tonight [January 27th] was my first night back in some time.

Let me tell you about two of our kids. Nathan and Grace. Nathan is our oldest child, and our youngest child. He's 13 maybe 14 years old, but he's so severely mentally retarded, that he has the cognitive ability of a 1 or two year old. He drools, can't speak, walks with the unsteadiness of a toddler. Some of the other kids are scared of him. I don't blame them for that. They're too young to understand him. After all, he's the body of a small 13 year old, and is about a head or so taller than them, but he acts pretty much the same way they see an infant act.

Then there's Gracie. Grace is 10 years old and has Down Syndrome
Tonight's lesson was on Jesus command that we love God with all our hearts, and love one another. We asked Gracie who she loved, and she named everyone in the room...including Nathan.

Nathan probably doesn't understand any of this. Then again, maybe he does and just can't express it.

Isn't it wonderful that there is a little girl that loves so freely that she doesn't care that she doesn't understand?

Good News/Bad News

I've been coughing a lot and had major sinus blockage as well as a sore throat.
So today, I went to the doctor's office and had a chest x-ray.

The good news is that my chest x-ray revealed that I have one.

The bad news is that I've bronchitis.

We'll see how I'm doing as time goes on Super Rog Fans

Last Night

Ok so I missed Jim Cavizel [spellng???]
But, I did get the CD and the DVD for myself, I'll look at them later.
In the meantime, I did get to work with the kids last night. We had Nathan and two sisters that are about 5 and 6 years old. The oldest's name is Brook, and right this moment, I can't think of the youngest one's name.

They are so sweet, they hug EVERYONE they see. I know their being cared for by foster family right now, and I undertand that as soon some legal hoops are closed up they'll go to live with grandparents. I think they've fetal alcohol syndrome.

Pray for them. They are great, but they've been left severaly mentaly retarded by that awful treatment from their momma. They deserve better.

Jim Caviezel

Jim Caviezel played Jesus in The Passion of the Christ will be at my church tonight

I'd love to be there, but I get to work with The Purple Plastic Piano People tonight.

Lord, bless those wondeful kids.