Wii are for Missions!

This Baptist thing is working out. Wednesday night we had a program about missions. Baptists do RA's & GA's that are basically kid training on missions. People got up and gave their testamonies about going on mission trips. I thought the kids were bored silly, flopping all over me, rolling their eyes, wanting to go home. We finally came home and I reminded the kids I was going out of the country again on business next week. They started begging to go, which of course they can't because of school. But I told them I had been thinking about getting them active passports so that if we had the opportunity to go on a mission trip they would be ready. They both lit up & were all for it.

So, later Morgan goes to get her shower while me & Noah are at the computer. Our Pastor's son & daughter-in-law are missionaries in Bangladesh and we went to visit their blog spot. For Thanksgiving they collected beggars from the street of Bangladesh and provided a feast for them. Bathed them. Fed them. Provided blankets and necessities for them. Pictures were attached showing them carrying crippled men whose legs were either missing or limp. It was a graphic picture of selfless Christianity. The good kind of Christianity. Noah was very moved by it all as I read the story to him while he looked at the pictures. After a few moments of silence he said, "Mom, can I start saving my grade money toward a mission trip?" I said "Sure baby. We can start a fund for missions just like we have one for the Wii we want to buy." Noah thought for a minute and then with tears in his eyes he said, "Can we just turn our Wii fund into a missionary fund?" Chills ran up my spine & tears welled up in my eyes. I do not know many 9 year old boys who would think of that or be willing to give up a Wii to do missions. I said, "Well, your sister contributed some of the money so will have to ask her." He ran to go ask her and with an affirmative answer in his back pocket he proudly proclaimed, "OK then! We have a missions trip fund!" Little do they know, I had already bought that Wii for them for Christmas so we all will have a blessed Christmas. Mine is just about perfect knowing I have children with hearts like these. There could be no better gift. Especially with the spiritually complicated life and family we have woven for ourselves. God's grace is indeed upon us!

Ever since then Noah has been practically harrassing me to do chores to earn money so he can put it in the fund for missions. I think doing laundry may be a thing of the past for me... and it IS for a good cause... RIIIIIGHT??? So this Baptist thing is working out pretty well. The Spirit of our one and powerful God is at work and that is very exciting! Especially when I see it's effect on a broken and endlessly flawed human like me.