Lowe Lane

Oh, how I love my time at Lowe Lane. I am not one to get up in front of people, but a couple of Sunday's ago, I got up during a time of prayer and told about my time at Lowe Lane. I talked about how anyone could come and visit with the kids as they eat lunch. I talked about even though I am having a hard time with not having my second income of after school work, that God has been taking care of me and allowed me to use my time at Lowe Lane. I usually help out Tuesdays and Weds. Tuesdays is just overflow and I call the woman who in charge of everything and lets her know the things that we need for the upcoming week. Yesterday was Tuesday and we had enough help even without me being there. I stayed and made plates and my friend Lizzy S. brought some yarn and lanyard making things that she had bought from Hobby Lobby. Oh, how the kids loved working on their little projects. They either made a lanyard to go on their book bags, or they made friendship bracelets out of different colored string. They each played together with no fighting and we thankful for the things that were brought. They had to wait while others were shown how to make the things before it was their turn.



Today was Weds. and we served leftovers of mac and cheese and made barbecue plates. I had made the mistake of telling the kiddos that it was going to be chicken nugget day, but there was none brought when we got the groceries for the week. The kids did eat what was given to them and then most of them stayed to color. The coloring books have slowly come to having nearly no pages and you can also see that by three walls being covered with the finished projects. My favorite Jose and his sister were coming through the door about fifteen minutes before we would be ready. I told them that we were still cooking and he said, "I know, I will just wait and color." I had brought some bubbles and they had chosen which color that were going to get. After eating they came back to the front table and began to color. I found out that Jose and his sister Michelle live with the other two children that come. They are also brother and sister and so they have to share rooms with their parents. I asked Jose if there mom and dad knew where they were and that they were getting lunch. He said that his mom knew but his dad didn't. We talked about church and also about what movies he liked to watch. He said that they had a TV in their house and that they had Super Mario movies.


I also noticed that the one girl had the friendship bracelet that she had made on her ankle. I told her that it looked pretty and she had done a good job. She said thank you and said that she liked it too. Then Jose asked me if I liked Scary Movies. I told him No!! I was asked if I had seen The Grudge and said No even though I think that I had. That crazy little girl turns her head around and does crazy stuff. The kids had seen the movie and said that they weren't scared of it. They had talked about a couple of other movies and then said something about dolls becoming real at night and then the one girl pointed down and mouthed, "The Devil". I quickly thought to change the subject and asked them what TV shows that they liked to watch. I was glad that they began to talk about Sponge Bob and watching The Disney Channel. Then I think that they were ready to go out and play so they took there bubbles and were gone in a flash.

I remember that Jose asked me again what my name is and I told him, Christine and that I would be coming back on Tuesday. He said, why don't you come everyday? I want you to come everyday? It was sweet and I loved that there was someone else that cared for me just like I cared for all of them. I told him that other people from church would be coming the other days and he could play with them. He seemed to like that. I think that once we have pre-planning and go back to work, I will be sad to stop helping at Lowe Lane. The kids in that county go back August 15th, so the program will be running until August 12th. That will only mean that other people in the body of my church will have the opportunity to love on the kids of Lowe Lane also.