Oh He Loves Us.

This is an amazing song that was introduced to me this week. How He Loves Us by the David Crowder Band. I really enjoy listening to worship music, I enjoy more contemporary stuff. One of the guys on Assigned Team, Eric, leads the songs at Club for the campers and I noticed how he wasn't wearing shoes, so I jokingly said "Nice shoes Eric". He explained to me that when he plays music for kids or speaks he never wears shoes. He told me that it was because in the Bible it talks about taking off your shoes when you are on holy ground. He said when he plays or speaks to kids that is holy ground to him. I thought that was so awesome.

I am continually amazed by the members of the Assigned Team who are on Young Life staff. Their faithfulness and just the way they love the Lord and love kids is really amazing to me. I especially love watching the parents with their own kids and watch how they love their kids so well. I only hope that I can set such an example for my kids and raise them to be children of God. I am learning a lot how to be patient with kids and stopping myself before I get frustrated by telling myself "they are little, they are innocent and precious and they don't know any better."

The past few days I have spent most of my time with Delaney, the four year old because what I have learned about Nathan, the six year old, is that Dad is his hero and he is way cooler than me so spending time with Dad = cooler than time with Brynn. I have always been so fascinated by children and by the mind of kids, the things they say and understand just warm my heart. I put Delaney down every night and tell her to say her prayers and in the sweetest four year old voice she says "Now I lay me down to sleep,I pray the Lord my soul to keep, bless Mommy, Daddy, Riley, Landon and Nathan and help me be a good girl." I just love it. Nathan, Delaney and I were walking yesterday and the campers were having Cabin Time. Nathan asked what Cabin Time was for and I explained that it was when campers could ask questions about Jesus and that some of them didn't know who Jesus was. He looked at me baffled and said "They don't know who Jesus is!?". I loved that he was so shocked that anyone doesn't know about Jesus.

The most unusual thing to get used to is all of the confused looks people give me when they see me with the kids. I can tell they are thinking "Are you the Mom?". I got asked the other night during the Assigned Team Guac Party (we love guacamole) by one of the AT guys "So, are you a wife?". My response was "NOooooohohoho I am most certainly not, I'm just a nanny". It makes me happy at least that I look old enough to have children at all, let alone be a wife, better than being asked what grade I'm in.

Delaneyisms:
She puts deodorant on every morning.
She calls her bathing suit top her bra.
She told me she wanted one of the Moms to braid her hair instead of me so I pretended to be sad and stuck my bottom lip out and she said "You are a big girl, you drive a car, you aren't supposed to pout" and mocked the face I was making.
She saw me flossing my teeth and asked for some, I told her she didn't need it and she said "Yes I floss all the time! The monkey dentist always gives me floss." I have no idea what the monkey dentist is.
I told her I had to call a friend of mine back and she said "What's her name?" I said "It's a boy." and she raised her eyebrows and gave me this look like "Oh, a boy huh".

Basically the girl is hilarious and she does things to make me smile and laugh everyday. I love that even though I am taking care of the Faisons I find myself playing with all of the other kids and loving on them just as much. God has really blessed me with energy enough to play with the large amount of little ones on this assignment and blessed me with the ability to love on kids.

Some pictures:
Landon, Delaney and Nathan. Such hams.



I asked Nathan if I could take a picture and he sauntered over to the fence, climbed up there and struck a pose. Model potential?



Look at those boys and their serious model poses.



Delaney and Adelai, Partners in Crime.



Long post, I know. I'll leave you with a verse I read last night that I really loved.
In the story Jesus is talking to Martha, who is upset that he is showing her sister Mary favor when Mary was sitting at Jesus' feet and not helping Martha. Jesus tells Martha "you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed." Luke 10:41-42 Jesus is telling Martha that Mary is focusing on him and listening to him rather than fussing over trivial things. I am a worrying and I get upset really easily but I the only thing I need to do is focus on God, that is all I need.