The Mother/Daughter overnighter at Great Wolf Lodge was this past week, and we had so much fun. We painted toenails, had a dance party, rode lots of water slides, and ate yummy donuts. But we also sang worship songs together, encouraged each other by speaking words of life over each other, and grew closer to each other.
If you missed this opportunity to have a special weekend away, don’t worry; we will do it again next fall.
When our small group decided to do a service project together, we talked through the different things each of us had to offer. One of the couples on our small group used to teach East Coast Swing lessons to college students. My husband and I own an ice cream store in town. We thought, ‘There must be someone out there who needs ice cream and dancing!’
PRiSM56 is a beautiful program, where caring adults intentionally enter into the crazy world of tweenagers who are just beginning to step into their identity, self-worth, interests, passions and self-awareness. As a mom of a daughter who will soon be entering the pre-teen world, nothing makes my heart happier than knowing that PRiSM56 is waiting for her.
A few months ago we were chatting with some people after church, one of them a college student. She had been our kids favorite babysitter as a middle and high school student, and over the years we’d seen her grow from a preteen to a lovely young adult. As she was sharing about college and … Read more