They Do Listen!

I was reminded today that even though it my seem that you are talking to a brick wall at times, children really do listen to what you have to say. I had a parent of one of the summer camp kids stop me today. She was telling me all about how her 6 year old grandson has been doing so much better in school this year already. Last year was very difficult behavior wise for him. She told me that he has really benefited from our program. Then she said that he has even done somethings that really surprised her.

Apparently they had gone to the west coast for vacation the week before school started. While there they were visiting with her sister's family, who have a differing belief system. At some point the idea of faith came up in a conversation between her 6 year old grandson and the little boys cousin who is 7. In the midst of the conversation he started telling his cousin that it doesn't matter what color our skin is that we are all brothers and sisters in Christ. That Jesus loves us all the same. And that we should love each other just like Christ loves us. My friend was so surprised to hear her grandson step out like this. She takes him to Church every Sunday but has never heard him speak so surely about his faith. She then thanked me for taking the time to love all of those kids and teaching them about God's love.

Honestly I was quite surprised. Yes, those exact words that the little boy said had come out of my mouth on several different occasions over the summer. However, most of the time I felt like it was going in one ear and out the other. I guess somewhere along the line it made a connection. I might not have been able to see the effect immediately but it did make a difference.