Tear Jerker

Last summer we went to Tennessee for an extended vacation. We wanted to make it sort of a mission trip since we could not afford to go out of the country or anything. Since I am a big couponer and get lots of free stuff, we decided to make goody bags with basic essentials and also a print out of the gospel to take with us. We gave them out to homeless people we saw along the way on our trip. It was awesome to see their face light up when they opened their bags! The boys LOVED it and wanted to do it again. I say all this to say, that this vacation inspired my youngest son more than I could have ever imagined. As I mentioned in a previous post, we had a garage sale and Jamison wanted to take part of the money and buy Bibles. He said he wanted to give them to homeless people when we went on trips again. I was thrilled at his idea so we went to Mardel and got 10 Bibles. Edison got five and Jamsion got five. We told them that they could use them however they saw fit. They both took their Bibles and wrote a little note in the front of them. The Bibles then went to my office and had been there up until a couple of months ago...

Jamison's best friend, Corbin, got also saved a couple of months ago and was so excited! He started bringing his Bible to school, so of course Jamison had to start bringing his also. They would look at them together at lunch. The next think I know, I am getting an email from their teacher. She tells me that Jamsion and Corbin make her cry every Friday because they had started taking their Bibles on the playground and reading them. The email stated that it had started out as just Jamison and Corbin but had now grown to about six kids. She said that I had a missionary on my hands. The boys were inviting others to join in with them in their "Bible study time". I was in tears. My son and his best friend had started their own Bible Book Club, or so they called it. This is where the Bibles come into play.

I asked Jamison about the Bible Book Club after I got the email. He told me all about it and was so proud of it. He asked me if he could take his five Bibles to school for the Bible Book Club because there were some kids that did not have Bibles that they could bring to school. Wow! (My 8 year old son was doing something that I should have already been doing on my bus). So of course I said yes and he took them the next day. His teacher gave him and Corbin a plastic bin to put the Bibles in to take on the playground. So each Friday and sometimes other days, the Bible Book Club meets on the Hallsville Elementary playground for ten minutes or so. From what Jamison tells me, they read a few verses and then go play. How awesome is that?! Two eight year old boys with a heart for Jesus have created their own missionary field right here on one of Hallsville's school playgrounds. Who would have ever thought by making little goody bags to hand out to homeless people on vacation would have sparked such a wonderful idea in a wonderful little boy.

I am so excited to finally be posting this blog. I have been waiting on a visual for everyone and finally got it today and if this picture does not bring you to tears, then you need to search your heart. Isn't this exactly what we should all be doing? Leave it up to two little boys to open the eyes of this mama, their teachers, and everyone else reading this blog. Who says that Jesus can't be in public schools?! I hope that this blog and these two little boys inspire others to go spread the Good News. We each have our own mission field right before us. We just have to be willing to let God show us and use us for His glory. The blessings you will receive from it are unlimited. So what are you waiting for? Go share Jesus with those in your mission field and be blessed!

Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Matthew 28:19-20