Divine Appointments

So, from reading Pete's blog (which is great by the way) it looks like all we do is play. Yes, we do a lot of playing here but we are also really seeing God at work. In the last 2 weeks I have had some great conversations with kids. Here's a few...

One 8 year boy old was telling me how hard it is to make good choices. He said "Patty, it is so hard!". We had quite a good conversation about his life. He has family members and friends that don't make good choices and that makes it real hard for him to know even what the right thing to do is.

A 9 year old girl was talking to me about the end of the world. She'd heard something strange and wanted to know if it was true. That led into a great conversation about Heaven, God and Satan.

Another older girl came to our door and wanted to talk. She had some choices to make and didn't know what to do. We talked about doing the right thing. Sometimes it's hard for these kids to do the right thing.

Some of the kids in the hood have parents that are either not around at all, living with a boy or girl friend or are in jail. That is sad to see. Pete and I had a good conversation this past week with a young guy in his teens about his home life. He has a hard home life but right now he seems to be doing well in spite of his home life. He hangs around the Center a lot.

All this to say, yes, we love to play but we see God working in kids lives too. It's a lot of work opening the Center pretty much every day, but the rewards are great!