Yesterday in B.L.A.S.T. was interesting but very rewarding day. We have been working on the 10 commandments. The boys took the stones made out of cardstock stained with a tea bag last week and we are now working on a booklet. It is really fun to make them, you take a freshly used teabag and press it on a piece of paper and when it is all done it looks really neat. The tea bag we were using kinda sorta broke so there were tea grinds all over the paper which made it look even more real. When it was all finished it was really neat looking. Looked just like a stone with dirt on it.
We are now working on a little booklet with the 10 commandments. This is the first time I have ever done something like this, I got the idea from one of the projects she did at school. When you open it up there will be a commandment on one side and a picture of that commandment on the next page (so when you open it up you will see the commandment and a picture that relates to that commandment (ie. Honor Your Father and Mother - put that on one side and put a picture of father and mother on the other side (i would like to make a heart and have the picture of father and mother inside it).
Yesterday, was really interesting but rewarding at the same time. We were working on our little 10 commandment booklet. It was very hard to keep their attention on doing it. Kelan wanted to play with a car he brought and Josh kept wanted to look at a book. We were talking about what made God have a happy face or a sad face. Out of no where this thought popped inside my head. I made a sad :( face and a :) on the board and put their initial J or K under one. When they saw their initial under :( it made a big change vs when their initial was under :). Just seeing their initial under
:( made a major difference. Kelan got so excited when he saw his initial go from under the :( to the :). It is such a blessing being with them and seeing how hard they try to do whatever is asked of them.
When it was time to go home Josh and I went into the room with the other kids. He was talking to the lady that was filling in for Neill and Melissa and was telling her what we did and wanted to show her his booklet he started and the Noah's Ark mural. We went back to "our room" and got them and he showed them to her and was telling her how much fun it is in B.L.A.S.T.. With a little help he told her what B.L.A.S.T. stands for told her that we have alot of fun in there. Just hearing him say that was really encouraging and makes me want to do more with them. If you ever want to come visit us one Sunday you are welcome to.

Well, guess I better get to work.