Rowing---and praying.....

I broke it to the gal who'd embraced the program years back--she'd stumbled into us as a speaker for a school class and we'd talked then....and she asked to volunteer.
And then she recruited......one, two, three--and then a whole congregation.

And I mean a WHOLE congregation and then two.

There's not a time I don't cross paths with a member of the congregation when they don't tell me about an interaction with my kiddos, or something they're doing to pay us back--even as we're trying to pay them back. We're kinda like that.......we do for you, you do for us--we gotta do for you again!

Darn that they're always trying to outdo our doings by doing more, G-d love 'em.

They've been playing and working and loving my kiddos for years now.

And the whole of both congregations went upside down when I passed the news on to the gal who started it all. They were devastated......well and truly devastated....

So she called me--and then she contacted people who contacted people who contacted more people.
And now the city person who contacted me has contacted my people--and my people tell me that he made an offer to the agency that the agency just might not refuse.

I can pray and do.

I'm trying not to smile broadly.

And I'll keep moving forward cuz that's what I'm commanded to do.

But I'm smilin'...

I always knew how loved we were, how graced we've been to be in this bitty community.

Here's just more proof.

And regardless of the end decision--I love 'em dearly for the effort and willingness to go to the extremes they're going to....for my kiddos, for my families--for my staff.

Pray--and keep rowin'..... And smile a bit...quietly..... for now......