I Hope We Never Find Out
$1,400...that's what a new transmission costs these day...in case you wanted to know. Thankfully today was a much better day. In fact it was a cool weekend. We had my daughters' college-age cell group over for New Years Eve. Have you ever heard 9,000 fire crackers go off? Impressive! It takes a while. They had a big bonfire (we live on 5 acres) and played games and ate and ate. Jubilee, our 6 year old stayed up until midnight. She was estatic. At one point, while the fire was going, a small ash from a burning leaf flew up and landed on my other daughter Laura. While others patted it out, Jubi saw it and shouted “Laura! Stop, Drop, and Roll!” That had the group in stiches. I guess she knows what to do in an emergency.
Our older children were also raised by college students when I was a campus minister. They learned a lot of useful things from hanging around them. Having honed their skills on upperclassmen and being “tender” young grade school age children, they used to trounce unsuspecting freshmen in the game of spades during ski trips or missions trips. They also received a boatload of love and encouragement. It's pretty cool when someone ten years older than you skis down the blue slopes with you and says “Way to go! you're doing great“
I remember the elderly gentleman that always looked for me in church and never failed to speak the words I needed to hear. What would the world be like without mentors...I hope we never find out.
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