Compassion Experience

For Family Home Evening we took the kids to the Compassion Experience.  It is the story of two children who were born in third world countries.  A boy named Jey and a girl named Kiki.  They had a trailer set up that showed how they lived at different stages of their lives. Everyone was given an iPhone and headphones.  This narrated what the children were experiencing.  It was very humbling.  We have been so blessed to have been born in this amazing country.

Preston

 Maysen, Preston, Jorja, Stockton

Jorja had her last softball game tonight.  I dropped her off at the park with her coach a couple of hours before the game.  Mike and I met her at a different park to watch her play.  She played catcher and did a fantastic job!  One girl tried to steal home.  She chased her back and threw the ball to third and got her out!  Jorja said that was her favorite play all season!  It was great!  Jorja has LOVED softball.  The coaches said they are planning on playing fall ball.  Hopefully Jorja can play with these girls again.  How fun!  She didn't know one single person when she started and she had never played before.  Amazing that this shy little girl has loved this as much as she has.  Softball has totally started to bring Jorja out of her shell.  She was not shy at all around these girls.  She would sing cheers with them, dance on second base and speak to the coaches about letting her try catcher.  Mike and I kept looking at each other through the season, 'Who is this girl?'.  It has been awesome to watch her grow!