Life with my sister

It's an election year, do you know what that means? It's Leap Year! An extra day has been given to us so let's do something special with it.  It's a special gift, even though it's a Monday this year. Let's do something special with the day. Here are some ideas for how to spend our extra day, February 29!  1. Fold clothes for a foster family.  2. Donate $29 (for the 29th) to your local pregnancy resource center.  3. Volunteer at a local elementary school.  4. Pay for the car behind you in the drive-thru line.  5. Take a dessert to your local Fire Department.  6. Write letters to soldiers overseas.  7. Volunteer at an animal shelter 8. Pick up trash at a park.  9. Leave quarters on washing machines at a laundromat.  10. Donate $29 to your church's missionary orginazation (IMB, NAMB) 11. Provide dinner for a foster family.  12. Leave an extra tip for your waiter/waitress at lunch/dinner.  13. Have a special dinner just for your family, no electronics allowed.  

God works in our lives in ways we can't imagine or see at the time it's happening. I've wished so many times to be able to look ahead and see how everything works out in a particular situation. I know so many times the outcome is never what I would have imagined in the onset.  This story is no different. The fact that I'm able to look back on the last eleven years and see God work is a gift from Him. I challenge you to look back on your life, your circumstances and see how God worked in your life.  Many years ago Stephen and I made the decision that our children wouldn't play sports on Sunday. (Stephen made the decision and I agreed with it) It was an easy decision to make with him being a pastor and an obligation to be at our church on Sunday.  It was also an easy decision because the opportunity of playing on Sunday had never presented itself to us, however we saw the popularity of travel baseball teams on the rise and knew the subject would come up sooner, rather