In case you don't read The Florida Times-Union, you
should know that we are a little bit famous. Okay, maybe not famous, even a
little bit; but we have been seriously impressed with the article and the
amazing response people have had.
If you haven't read it yet, you can check it out here:
We were front page!
We've had numerous
people contact us about donations of all sorts (gift cards, books, etc.), and
that has been amazing! We've had a few people say they would like to help us by
volunteering or spreading the word about what we are doing. And we've had a few
just " 'Atta boy!" kind of emails. It's been lovely!
And that momentum carried us through a very busy weekend. On
Friday, we had another mom's gathering. One of our mom's from our first group came
with her sweet little baby girl, and we had a new mom who is due in March
attend as well. Mentors, mentees, and a lovely labor and delivery nurse sat
around telling stories and talking about all things birthing and motherhood. We
made some cute onesies for the new babes in the room and on their way. We
closed with a sweet prayer, hugs, and talk of the next gathering.
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On Saturday morning, we were loading books at about 8:45 and around 3:45 we were shoving bins of books back
in the closet. We finished the day pretty tired, but as I said on Facebook,
there is no other way I'd rather spend my day.
We've quit keeping a formal count of people and books at
Book Bus, but I would estimate we saw about 100 people over the course of the
day, which means we gave away around 500 books. The McRae crowd, which meets us
at Gadara Baptist, was not quite as large as last month; but I would guess
there were still about 50 people there.
We also had a very special international guest at this
weekend's Seeds of Grace events. Our family has had the privilege of hosting
Ataro Alice in our home as she participates in a Teacher Exchange at the local
high school, and while she is here she is investigating how we encourage parent
involvement and looking for ideas that could be transferred to her country and
culture. Who knows, maybe we're gonna go international! Ha.
Partially because so many people have asked us about our
needs and partially because it is that time of year when we reflect and plan
ahead and dream; Teri and I have spent some time lately talking about what the
next steps might look like. We still continue to dream about a place and a real
bus/ice cream truck to enhance our current work, and we have also begun
dreaming about new programs too (more information to come soon, we hope). The truth is,
though, we need help just maintaining these amazing seedlings that have begun
to grow. We continue to pray for someone who could help us get and remain
organized. We continue to look for particular books. Currently, our biggest
need is chapter books for second and third graders. And we continue to pray
that God will guide every step we take. We do not want to be ahead of him or
behind him, but right in step with what he is already doing.
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