Army Bells

Last year, I thought a good use of our time was to ring the bells for the Salvation Army. We rang every Monday at the mall. Me and the 3 kids :) We did this for the 6 leading up to Christmas. I really wanted to make this a tradition for our family to do this, 3 hours for one day every week for the 6 weeks leading up to Christmas. However, this year I am having a hard time finding a time of day that best fits our family's schedule. I am bummed, but I know that we can try for at least one shift this year and as the kids get into school, we can aim for weekend. Either way, the kettles are out as we are down to just under 6 weeks until Christmas. When we were leaving Walgreens yesterday, Dash saw the bucket and was excited. He reached up to the sack that holds the bells and started ringing them. I asked him, do you want to ring the bells again this year? "YEAH!!" How awesome it is to see he wants to serve God(although he fully doesn't know that) in an awesome way. A sacrificial way of giving up "play time" to ring some bells. I am now going to be more determined to find a slot that works for us! It may just mean dropping Ali off at a sitters house and the three of us go. Or finding a day that Ryan is off and the 5 or 6(Abby) of us go. It is awesome to see the hold that God has on Dash's heart, now I just need to teach him how to listen to God.....something that I need to work on for myself.