Saturday, April 26, 2008

Steps Divinely Ordered....






Whewwww......

We have been so busy lately.....

But yesterday was an incredible day.....

Tracie told me she was going to a track and field day at Runyan Elementary school with some of her kids.....

I said I'd go with here since things were kinda slow....

So we stopped by Target to pick up a couple of the chairs in a bag.....

Those things are dangerous you know but I got the super size captain chair so at least when I stood up I wasn't wearing it....

Anyway front and center of the doors in the parking lot a dear lady began weeping when she saw us and came over for hugs and we cried together as the traffic just had to wait....

We have not seen her in some time....

Turns out she was praying yesterday morning for help and she ran into us an hour later.......

Steps Divinely Ordered.....

As we stepped onto the playground at the school kids started swarming Tracie...

My personal Pied Piper.....

Kids swarmed....

Tracie had me set up the chairs and left me ensconced in my super size foldable captain's bag chair in charge of the candy and her purse....

Why do women have to take purses to places like playgrounds and track and field days????

Anyway she left me in charge of her new chair she never sat in and began to work the crowd.....

It turns out she had over 40 of her little friends at the school....

Steps Divinely Ordered....

We were not certain how the Pentecostal Pastor and his wife would be received on the campus but there was nothing to fear....

Our Steps were Divinely Ordered.....

Teacher after teacher welcomed us and thanked us....

One of Tracie's little guys was not able to attend the event due to behaviour issues earlier in the day....

That was OK...

Tracie went to his room and there met more teachers and welcome....

Steps Divinely Ordered....

The principal came and welcomed us warmly.....

Steps Divinely Ordered....

The counselor not only welcomed us....

But begged Tracie to volunteer at the school....

Wow!!!

We run our own school at CUPC but now we are volunteering in a troubled school in the city....

Steps Divinely Ordered.....

Kids kept swarming us all day.....

No telling how many pictures were snapped.....

I guarded the candy bag with faithful rigor.....

Teachers asked for group pics with their classes....

Tracie's little friends all got pics and today she printed them all off and we went back down and found each kid and gave pics away.....

Got a call from a new family yesterday who wants to be involved in all of the stuff we are doing in the neighborhood!!!

Steps Divinely Ordered....

Monday Tracie is taking a birthday party to the school for her little friend who was in trouble Friday....

It turns out it is his birthday and he was mad because his daddy is in jail and his momma can't afford a birthday present.....

The Pied Piper is taking him a party.....

Steps Divinely Ordered....

Then while taking a couple of personal hours later yesterday we ran into Gary and Linda Wheeler along with Hayden their son ......

The meeting turned into a very nice evening shared at a restaurant....

The girls reconnected.....

The Bishop and Elder chuckled about our online personas that constitutes a running bickering battle...

God Bless the Wheelers and the work they are doing in Orange Texas......

After a long day the Lord blessed us with a very pleasant evening with friends....

Today back down to the neighborhood....

And tomorrow we pray we will continue to have our.....

Steps Divinely Ordered....

Blessings....

rks

1 comment:

Tracie Smith said...

The Target experience was so AWESOME and totally ordained of God. We weren't planning to go there and then we did. Wow!!! I'm believing for a miracle in this sweet lady's life. How many times have we missed a little nudge to go some where for God? Glad we were sensitive.