Raising Blobal Girls - February 28, 2007

Today is my anniversary! John and I have been married for nine years. Yesterday while staying home with Emma (who had pink eye- another blog subject) I got an early anniversary gift.

Let me give you some background on this.

I had a great friend tell me that when her girls were younger she encouraged them to read by paying them so much per book. I have a hard time getting Emma to read. She is VERY motivated by money and loves earning it. I told she will earn .50 for every book SHE reads to me. So yesterday AM I was awakened with Emma jumping on my bed with two books. One was the ABC book I made for her which is just that- It has the ABC’s in it, and the other is a book called “Five little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed”. (Which she BTW was demonstrating while I was awakening) ?.

She said I have two books to read to you. So she sand through her ABC’s and then sang the song of 5 little monkeys jumping on the bed. She said I need my money now. I said well I will remember that I owe you a dollar. She said “Yahoo, Now I have enough money to buy a box girl.” “A box girl?” I questioned. “Yes!” she responded. “The ones that we have been praying for.”

I thought back to how I was telling the girls that we should be thankful for our home, food, and clothes that there are kids overseas that live in boxes, and have nothing etc. They don’t even have Moms and Dads t help them etc. We pray for those children that they will learn about Jesus. We also prayed that Jesus would protect them (in their boxes –added by Emma).

I suddenly swallowed back tears as I began to thank the Lord for a sensitive little five year old who was willing to give her money to others. I was raised after all in missions. That was my biggest fear. Getting married, living in the states, having kids who were land locked and who did not have a vision for the world. She had proven me wrong.

I looked back at Emma (who was still bouncing on my bed in her pink heart Pajamas). I said we can start saving up money if you would like. She said yes, and that she would even sell a couple of her pet shops if we needed more money. ?

Thank you Jesus for helping me to raise Global Girls. May they remain sensitive to HIM!