Choir at JDC and kayaking with some friends

OH WOW!!!  did we ever have fun singing tonight at the Detention Center.  We had 7 boys and 2 girls.  And this just happens to be a group of boys that love to sing....and were NOT shy about singing tonight.  We never take a camera in to the JDC --- it's not allowed.   However, Gary had it on his belt tonight because he had taken it along to show a gal the kayak trailer that he was fixing up for her.   It suddenly dawned on him that he could take a "movie" and catch the group singing.   So that's what he did...........

It was such a "quick" thing ---- that he didn't even focus the camera on the right song...."The Old Rugged Cross".  But it really doesn't matter..... the outcome is still pretty good.  We do think that if we had asked the officer if we could record them with our camera ---- we're pretty sure she would have let us......just keeping the camera off the kids.  I really think God was blessed by their singing!!!!!  Sometimes they seem irreverent and have to act up for their peers -- but not tonight!

If we had a "downer" with the Recovery Group.......we were BLESSED by these kids singing.  If you would pray for the Recovery Group that we minister to.  It just doesn't seem to be blessed by God and we kind of wonder if we should be going there.  But it also just seems like the kids....... the one girl was VERY responsive when she was in the Detention Center ---- but now - she just gazes off into space and we can't get much out of her.

 We were asked if we would go along with a group of teens from the Recovery Group and Aftercare on a kayaking adventure at the Parmelee Dam.  Parmelee is a community about 25 miles north of us.  The kids had never been in a kayak before and some were not so sure they wanted to get in that little thing.  But they all participated, after some coaxing....and had a good time. 

This is the trailer that Gary is converting into a kayak carrier. 

We have had rain every day this week.  So things are getting nice and green again....and we had to mow the lawn once again too.  The last time we mowed was just before PLYC. 

Have a good day!
Gary and Barb