"Gut Don"

So, one of the areas of ministry I have found myself in these last couple of weeks, is serving in the Kidz Club. This is our church's ministry for children ranging from 2 years old to children in 6th grade. As crazy at it may seem, this is a time of some sort of therapeutic relaxation for me!?!? Wait, what? Does that even make sense? Anyways, what I am trying to say is that it is so very different from what we usually do here, that it takes my mind and heart off of the heaviness of ministry in Aliquippa for at least an hour :) Basically, my friend Diz and I play games with the kids and act a complete fool; the kids have a blast annnnd so do we.

You might have noticed the title of the blog though, "Gut Don." We realized and observed the first night that having kids, gives you a straight gift of understanding and translating what the heck other kids are saying. My other friend Sarah, who is married and has 2 kids of her own was also helping us this night; she is hilarious. The last group we had that night were the 2 and 3 year olds. They came in so shy and quiet; they sat down exactly how we asked them to. One by one we asked the kids their names..."Gut Don, Icksy, and Eyyaw" were all names Diz and I heard. Thank God though Sarah was there. Needless to say after each child said their names we stared at Sarah for the translation and just cracked up hysterically waiting for the real names. "Justin, Ricky, and Lydia" were the names of our wonderful kids. In saying this, I came to a conclusion, I need to either have kids quick or never work with 2 and 3 year olds again because when I am thinking they are saying "I have an outty," what they're really saying is that they have "to go potty." Yiiiiiikkkkkkkeeeeessss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh the humor of ministry at times . . .

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