Monday, July 20, 2009

Kate and I are helping Aaron create a thank-you letter to the JLR crew and the staff at this incredible orphanage. I don't want to be the father who is ever told his son doesn't say please and thank you, and it's a natural response that I want him to remember anyways. Earlier this evening, we started giving him some ideas of what he could write in his letter. We said he could say 'thank you for letting me come..' 'I learned a lot.." etc. He said, "or, I could say this.." running to grab his children's Bible. Flipping through, he finally knew one of the lines he wanted to say in his letter.

"Thank you for following James 1:27, and that says that we should look after orphans and widows." I didn't help him find the passage. He knows what the passage says and where it's at in the Bible without us having to help him. To himself, he sang the Bible book song he was taught in Sunday school until he came to the book of James. It made me smile, and I'd like to think it made our Father smile too. God bless.. I'll have to display the finished product here.

1 comment:

Dawn said...

Congratulations on passing the baton of faith successfully on to your son! I know there are many years yet to go, but this is evidence that he is growing in the wisdom and instruction of the Lord.