Wow, what a blast from the past I had today!!! We had so much fun at the Skate Queen in Weatherford. It's been a few years since I donned a pair of skates. I thought I was doing pretty good until I skated off of the carpet and onto the slippery rink, then I was like...Whoa!! I forgot about the part where some kid darts in front of you trying to get to the side, and there's no where to go except plow right into them, ouch.
I will say this; the music has definitely changed! I think almost every song that played was Hannah Montana. Needless to say, I did not get my wish for disco.
Well anyway, back to the mission. We were on a mission to give away 6 giant gifts. Now I'm talking giant..like six 3'x3'x3' boxes wrapped in red Christmas paper with big red bows! We had the gifts at the back of the rink and I don't think anyone really noticed them because the side of the rink kind of hid them.
We had 6 gold stars and what we did was the team skated around for an hour or so, keeping an eye out for kids that where nice to others. Like...the girl I choose was Ella. I watched her skating with her friend and her friend fell. Ella stopped and then got down on the floor with her friend and helped her back up. Ella was very sweet and she always had a smile on her face.
Each team member found their own child that was being kind, and we all handed out our gold stars. The kids had no idea what the gold stars were for. We told them to hold on to them until we announced a surprise that we had for them.
When we had picked all our gold star recipients, Joshua stood up and announced who we were, and asked all the gold star recipients to come to the back of the rink. We then told them they had each won one of these giant gifts for being kind. We had each winner stand in front of their box and... we counted to three and them let them tear their gifts open.
It was awesome!!! Did I mention Awesome??? How fun! He-he-he...I loved it! They were so surprised! Inside their boxes were giant stuffed animals. Watch the video when it comes up and you will see how big they were! The kids loved them... I mean some of the animals were bigger than the kids! Today was one of the most fun days! I mean what adult doesn't love watching a child tear open a huge gift and then their eyes getting huge when they see it... and then the joy!! I loved it! We all loved it!
Thanks Skate Queen for letting us come today! You rock! Oh...one thing though...I really think you should play some disco!
Tomorrow, we go on a journey of the smallest of blessings! Oh, but the unsuspecting people who fall into our trap. It will be lots of fun!
Blessings to you
Theresa
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Outstanding job. It only takes one person to change another person. That person is Jesus and by allowing Him to work through your mission, you are touching lives that will never forget your acts of kindness. You truly are carring the torch of light to some dark places. May your hearts be overfilled with joy.
One Love, One God, and Only One Way....
As my granddaughter and her friends skated around Skate Queen on her birthday, I wondered who the people were in red shirts, santa hats and a photographer! When she came back to her mom with a gold star, then later her brother came back with a gold star, we wondered what was happening. We watched them tear open these huge boxes. Five year old Blake could barely lift out his huge, stuffed lion!! Sarah pulled out an oversized, white teddy bear!! How fun that was! We explained about random acts of kindess and suggested they should be proud of themselves and that they might want to pass along that kindness to others. Thank you so much, it was wonderful. Nana
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