Sunday Update!

God has certainly shown himself today in my youngest  son John Henry.   As I mentioned earlier he was collecting as many leaves as possible to get the biggest jumping pile when God took JHs plans and used them for HIS plans.  One of our neighbors is known as the "mean lady" and our children have been told to stay off her property and avoid any conflicts with her.   Well, JH and his friend went over to her house and offered to rake her yard, front and back, if she was willing to let them haul off the leaves (not a hard decision to make in my book) and she laughed and said sure.   Well, I don't believe she thought they would actually do this, but they did.  Their job was done with excellence and not one leaf was left lying on her grass.   JH told me tonight that she came out with a smile (which none of us has ever seen), introduced them to her dog, and just couldn't stop saying how much she couldn't believe they did this for her without asking for anything in return.  Kindness, unselfish acts, giving without expecting anything in return (well just a bigger pile of leaves); these are things we as parents find easy to do, but don't come naturally to our children.   I pray this opens the door to a friendship between this neighbor and our family.   God's grace abounds!!!!