A kid at heart

Well I still have my JOY that God has restored within me and this week I was able to share that joy. My husband is a school resource officer in our local school here in Calhoun Falls, S.C. As a part of his job there he is is over a Mentor program. Well......he and I and 7 other chaperones took 45 teenagers to Mrytle Beach. Most of you are probably saying.......have you lost your mind? That was my first reaction to my husband when he ask did i want to go and chaperone.......you are crazy if you think that I am going to the beach with that many teenagers and 2 of them were ours, plus we took our 8 year old. Well I decided to go and thoroughly enjoyed it. We had the best group of kids we could have ask for. I took the chance this week to look at the different kids and their personalities. We had some kids that were there for the first time or this is the only time that they are able to go anywhere like that. it made me realize how blessed I am to have the privelege to enjoy vacations and special times with my children. Although these kids may not ever go again or can only go through this program I am thankful that god chose my husband to step into this position where he can be a major part of childrens lives and I have the opportunity to share my joy with them and god can use us to let them know they do BELONG and they are SPECIAL. i tool plenty of pictures and I am going to make my husband a scrapbook that he can take back to school with him and share with these kids. we were kids at heart. We played in the pool with them, shopped with them, ate with them and got to stay up late and laugh and giggle with them. I thoroughly enjoy it and they were surely a blessing to me.