Neighborhood Mentor Valentine Party

This is what I do on wednesday nights while Jim goes bowling. At First Reformed Church, we have a neighborhood mentor group. These are kids that donnot attend sunday services at our church but they live within walking distance of the church and come for supper and our group every wednesday evening. Sometimes we stay at church , play pool, soccer, basketball, dodgeball, and even games the kids make up. We try to have some Bible lessons but they don't have a very good attention span, we keep it simple and try to set a good example for them. We also just try to keep them on the right path, making good decisions, staying in school , have dreams, and if they fall down , no matter how many times, keep getting up. A Bible verse that sums things up is John 15:17 These things I command you, that you love one another. These kids have alot of love, they love us , eachother , and always have hugs and smiles . They also are happy with little things. They love games , Rock band, and sitting around talking and joking.

Tonight we had our valentine party at our house. My nephew Keith and a friend Mark from church also help with them . They love Keith, they call him Detroit because of his D tatoo, and he was raised in the Detroit area, he is so much fun, and quite the joker , they laugh with him all the time, and when he cannot make it they always ask: "Where's Detroit" . Mark and I just enjoy being with them, they keep us young ! Food is always included in the night. They love anything "hot", hot cheetos, hot wings, hot meatballs, you get my drift. I attempted to make a valentine cake, it ended up being a broken heart, it even had a hole in the middle of it.( Claudia , who goes to learn about bakery work at the tech center gave me some tips for the next time) Luckily my neice Brenda made up for it with her delicious cookies which looked as good as they tasted. Thanks Brenda ! ( We got to keep the leftovers )