Texas Invasion
This week was really trying. For a lot of reasons.
Number One. I'm sick. It's that time of the year when Janessa starts to lose her voice yet again. So in the mornings when I am the most busy I'm just all gross feeling.
Number Two. We have had a Texas Invasion this week. We were basically kicked out of our arts and science room so they could sleep there. Which made the kids go crazy. It also meant that for Afternoon Activities we just had movie week. We watched three movies this week. Three. The kids where outside all morning so I didn't want them being outside anymore. One of them was because our speaker quit.
Though it was trying I saw God in so many places this week.
On Wednesday our kids were CRAZY. Like bouncing off the walls crazy. Then Thursday they were awesome again. Three of my favorite campers got to help us make popcorn. Two of them are siblings, they have nine siblings. Total there is 11 of them. I found out that the boy sleeps on the couch every night because he mom took his room. Seeing them kind of blossom is so amazing. God is doing so much for our kids it's great.
Today we went to help the Texans on their job sites. I went with a team to go work on painting a house. Total there were three teams painting. The team I was with was awesome. They had been working on that house the whole week. Before they got there you could barely see the house. Now all the bushes are cut down and the house has a fresh coat of paint. It's beautiful.
The best part about that was the guy who lived there had this old gross couch. Like the fabric wasn't on the seats. He told the group he didn't want to get rid of it. Today a truck came to pick it up so he could get new patio furniture. The team didn't know he was going to get more. They were so devoted to making sure that couch didn't leave because the guy said he wanted it.
It's so easy to get caught up in mission work. Trying to make sure you get things done but not think about the people who you are working for. The group I was serving with had their "client's" best interest in mind. They weren't working for themselves, but they were working for their client. While the Texas group made me frustrated this week, today I saw God working so big in their lives.
God is so good.