God is so good!

Last night was our first ever "Night Out!" It was awesome!!

I am at a loss of words to describe the evening. It was totally, without a doubt, a "God thing"! The whole night was busy and fun. Huge smiles were on every one's face. Everyone seemed to be having a wonderful time. It felt so good to be a blessing to those families.

We had a total of 10 children for the evening. I thought that was great for our first time. Five of the ten had special needs. The other five were either siblings or children of the volunteers. It was fantastic. All the children played other and interacted with the teen and adult volunteers. All the children with special needs had a one-on-one buddy, so where ever the child went, the buddy was right there.

The main highlight of the evening for the kids were the boxes. Amy, our wonderful activities director, brought packing boxes of various sizes. What a hit! The kids loved them. They spent much of the evening building, knocking them down and rebuilding again, and again.

In the Arts and Crafts area, lead by Jamie, the children made beautiful pictures using shaving cream and tempera paint. Shaving cream was sprayed onto a large cookie sheet. The children then squished the shaving cream around in the tray. Paint was added and they continued squishing the paint and shaving cream around with their fingers until they came up with their masterpiece. They were beautiful!

In the middle of the evening, Cloa engaged all the children with her storytelling. All the children were mesmerized. After a quit time of stories, some of the children acted out stories of their own.

I am so very thankful for all the wonderful volunteers that came out for our very first event.





The whole experience was incredible! It was such a treat to watch everyone interact with each other.