same mother. So they have a Suburban full with 7 under 6. (7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1) Rebecca, Hannah, Naomi, Miriam, Jacob, and Moses. It is a true joy to see kids from my middle school youth group
pushing 30 with a houseful of love and chaos. They live in the sketchy neighborhood where we do our kid's clubs. Tonight Katy commented on how pondering the 5000 kids in St. Louis who need homes just moved them to action.Our first day of tutoring was also the first day of the summer program. It was extra crazy and the college aged summer teachers still have to find their groove. I was pair with Jajuan and Darryl. Jajuan is a first timer and Darryl and old pro (This is a problem as he can be "too cool for school") Some of us have two kids, most have one. They are all over the board from well behaved to fighting and from strong readers to illiterate. We had playground time followed by worship and singing. Then we went to our classrooms for lessons. The theme is the Solar System. We do a variety of discussion and activities. As a homeschool teacher of my kids, I loved this and contributed with questions. My watch that is 6 minutes fast kept Darryl doing the math, as that he asked what time it was every 10 minutes. Overall it was a good first morning.
Doug, Susie, Maddy and Sara stayed on tutoring in the afternoon which included wood shop, dance, reading, and gym. They said it got more challenging when all the tutors (us) left for the work site.
The work site was intense. A wonderful godly women nearing 80 named Miss Smith moved out of her house and into an apartment. She gave notice to her daughter (43) and her grand
daughter (17) who were still living there that she was selling the house and they had to move out. They were given the deadline of today to get out anything of value that they wanted and a group (us) would come and throw everything out. A 40 yard dumpster was delivered to the site. Well....(Pics of the day)
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