Family Time: Thank You's, Cupcakes & Bubbles

Ephesians 6:18

And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds

of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert

and always keep on praying for all the saints.

This morning I met my MIL Donna and FIL Dick at my children's school. We were there to deliver little thank you gifts to their classes. We have been very blessed to be able to send our children to a Christian school. The teachers that they have this year are wonderful women who love the Lord and it flows out of them. As a class they have been praying for Donna. It amazes me when parents come up to me after school and ask after her because their child has been praying for her at the dinner table or at bed time. It is so important to teach our children about the power of prayer and I feel my children have seen this in every aspect of there lives this year.

Now back to why we were handing out cupcakes and bubbles to the classes. When Donna was getting ready for her surgery they all wrote her letters of encouragement. They included wishes of "get well soon" , "I hope you do good at surgery" and many other cute sayings that only kids in all their innocence can think of. One thing that they all included was "I am praying for you". Now while at the hospital Donna was out of it for the most part but Dick would read them out loud to her. Even thought the kids were writing letters to Donna I know that they comforted Dick as well. When Donna came home she sat in her special chair and read these letters with a smile on her face. What a blessing these little ones have been to our family this year. What a great example they are about lifting each other up in prayer.