Mission Camp

This week Tuttle and I attended Mission Camp at our church, Peachtree Road Methodist. It was a three day camp for elementary aged students and their parent. We had a fun time while also learning about important needs in our community.

On Monday the kids worked on assembling bags of food for various groups, including trail mix for our deserving firefighters near the church and produce bags for AGAPE families in the community. As a bonus the children were able to surprise the firefighters with the goodies and explore the fire station a bit. We concluded the first day with a pizza lunch in the church's new youth center complete with video games which Tuttle LOVED!

Tuesday we hosted a group of widows at the church with Bingo and lunch. I was the most impressed with Tuttle's generous heart this day. The leader announced to the students that she wanted them to find a guest and invite them to sit at their table. I was tending to Jacob and returned to the table to find a sweet lady had joined us. She told me that Tuttle had approached her from across the room and requested that she sit with us! I was so proud of my boy. He definitely had a connection with Ms. Ethel. He talked to her the entire morning and had a great time comparing Bingo boards during the game. I know Ms. Ethel probably still has a smile on her face from Tuttle's interaction with her.

Today (Wednesday) we ventured to the City of Refuge to volunteer at Feed My Lambs, a free tuition preschool for at-risk children. We told them the story of "Jonah and the Whale," made cute ocean waves hats with fish stickers, played a balloon game, and served them Chick-fil-A for lunch. Tuttle was a huge help with the kids and walked around the room making sure each child was happy and participating in the activities. 

I was so proud of Tuttle's attitude during Mission Camp, and I was honored to participate in such an enriching experience for both of us!