From children's ministry to children peeing on dogs

This day was pretty unique! Late last night a friend called me and said she thought we should start a children's ministry on Wednesday nights at our church. You see, our church is fairly new so we don't have one established. She has been telling me for some time now that one of my callings is to children's ministry. I have known for a while that it's very true. I just didn't feel ready or really know how to do anything about it. When she called me last night, something in my spirit said yes! She came into the bookstore today while I was at work and we looked at several posters and a few games that we could do. We were trying to get an idea of what we should be doing. Boy, were my creative juices flowing! I'm really excited about this! We decided that we would go to the church later and check out the room and get an idea of things that was already there.

I picked up my daughter from school and met her at the church. This is the funny part! We walked in that room and saw that the exact posters that we were looking at purchasing were laying on a table ready to be hung up! And that's not even all of it. We pulled some books at the table and started looking at them to see how we could make a fun lesson plan out of it. My daughter was sitting beside me. Now, there was only the three of us there. When we arrived in that room there was nothing in the center table. Cayme got up and went to look at the other table in there and right where she was sitting was this craft book for hand puppets. It was not there before. My friend and I both looked at each other and then looked at Cayme. She said,"Cayme, where did you get that book?" Cayme responded, "I didn't get that book. I never saw it before." My friend and I both looked at each other again and smiled. She said, "This book is cool! Did an angel put it here or what?" I just grinned at her and said, "I think we have the confirmation that we have been looking for. We are definetly supposed to do this!" She agreed with me. So, we talked some more and then prayed for God to be in the middle of this. Man, He is moving and shaking! Ask the Lord to use you and he will!

As I was getting ready to leave the church I get a call from my sister-in-law. "You will never believe what your nephew did!" "Well, you never know with him. What did he do this time?" "We were taking a walk and he peed on a dog." "Excuse me, did you say he peed on a dog?" "Sure did! He came walking up to me grinning and said 'Mom I peed on that dog!' He thought it was hysterical!" Now I just have to say here there are several things I have found myself saying in the last few years that I never thought I would. Here are just a few prime examples: No guns at the dinner table..... Don't run over your brother with that car. Because it's not nice, that's why....Broccoli does not belong in your belly button.....Stuffing things up your nose will not help you smell them better. But this is something I hope I never have to say to my boys....Son, it is not nice to pee on dogs. You never know, my time could come for that but I will keep my fingers crossed it doesn't!

Now it's shower time at the Hannah household. I am sitting at the computer and see my 6 year old outside of the bathroom door. He is sitting on the floor and talking through the closed door to my daughter who is in the shower. "Honey, what are you doing? Why are you talking to her through the door?" "Well, she said we are playing a game and I have to sit right here and wait for her to get done." "Honey, you are not her trained poodle. You don't have to wait for her outside the door." "I don't? Okay then." He goes skipping down the hall. Man, I wished they all listened to me like that. I know they aren't puppies but 'training' and 'raising' do sound a lot alike!