Blessings On This Blessed Day

This is the second Easter for me and it's been wonderful. Got to celebrate this GREATEST event with my church family; got to spend some time working some 3rd graders to help them know more about Jesus's resurrection through games; got to have a great Easter feast with some of my RUF friends, etc. 

 When I was working with those 3rd graders, I got to know this little girl called Logan. She has the cutest smile that will just delight your heart. Have you ever had the feeling that when you see someone, you just immediately get the feeling that there is this special connect between you and that person? You just feel that you are called to talk to that person and get to know him/her. Thats how I felt when I saw Logan although she's only 9 years old. I was trying to figure out why I felt that way and I guess it might because she just reminds me so much of how I was back to my early ages. And I know that she probably feel the same way, 

she kept turning around and looking and smiling 

at me.  We had some random conversations later on, I  asked her where does she goes to school and things like that. There is nothing too serious. And then we started to play this little game that all the kids have to write troubles on the balloons and then break them. She came to me, smiled at me, showed me her balloons, it said "making good friends." I smiled at her and told her that she will make a lot of good friends because she is such a sweet girl.  And I also told her that she's already gotten the best friend she could ever had,God's son, the friend who died for her! At that point, thats all I could think of really. When such a cute little angel look at you, tell you that she doesnt have any friend and it made her sad, what else could you tell her? 

Then we started doing this little prayer things.Two people have to sit in front of each other and hold their hands. Then they'll start to introduce themselves to each other and tell the other person if have any prayer request as adults would call. It happens that Logan doesnt have a partner to this with so I sat with her. She hold my hand tightly and started to introduce herself to me. After that, suddenly, she became really serious, her face turns red and you can almost sense the nerve in her voice. I asked her if she is okay and she answered me "I do want to tell you something about my grandma." She told me that she's been living with her grandma and they are very very close to each other. "Like thiiiiis close!" She put to fingers really close to each other, tried to show me how close they are. And then she told me that her grandma is really really sick, she cannot walk or eat by herself. When she told me that, she does not look like a little 3rd grader girl at all, her eyes were full of tears and her voice were shaking. I tried to comfort her, told her that everything will be alright and we should keep praying for her grandma and God will have the best plan for her.

I tried to calm myself down because I was really shocked, not only by this little girl who trusted me so much and completely opened up her heart to me, but also by God,who planed out this whole thing to reach out and to comfort this little girl through me on this Easter day. 

When this little girls leaves, she asked me come out with her and introduced her mom to me. She smiled at me and then smiled at her mom, said "Mom, this is Chloe."  And that, is the sweetest voice I have ever heard.

 This is a very interesting kid as well. He was so shy at first, sitting by himself,wont talk to anyone. I invited him to sit with me but he refused right away. But 2 mins later, he came sat next to me,said "Okay I'll sit with you". Later on, he even started playing with me, hide behind me and tried to tickle me. And in the end, he asked me "Did you take a picture of me? You should." Sometimes some kids just need a bit more attention to know that they are liked and wanted so that they could walk out that comfort zone. :)

Kids getting ready for answering the questions.