I very seriously considered licking the plate after I ate this. It was dark in the room and I was sitting in the back......We were invited to a fund raising dinner for the Dream Center tonight. It was their first, and was well done. We sat at a table with the Bookers. The Bookers are the couple who run the ministry called Safe Haven. They take neighborhood children into their home. These children are from homes with absent parents, or addicted parents, or parents who just can't cope. The kids live in their house Monday through Friday and go home Saturday and Sunday. They also do parenting classes with the parents so that they will eventually be able to take the children back into their own homes. When they are ready, the kids live in their own homes during the week and at Safe Haven on the weekend. Right now they have three siblings from one family and one child from another family. Sounds like a lot of work and a lot of invested emotion, doesn't it?
This ministry was started when they found a three year old girl home babysitting her infant brother, and the folks at the Dream Center realized the kids in the neighborhood needed help.
It has been really interesting hearing the things God has called these people to, here at the Dream Center. They are amazingly selfless and donate endless amounts of time. I would say the Bookers donate their lives.
Food for thought and prayer....
Normal Girl
No comments:
Post a Comment