Week 49

Books, books and more books!! I had recently heard about our
Church having their annual Mistletoe Mart on November 12th and
thought that would be a perfect idea for another one of Paige’s weeks of
giving. I started sorting books and collecting from others and in no time we
had a complete children’s library…

Paige and Jordan and Kate were very excited to go to the
church to donate the books for the sale. Paige carried the BIG bag and off we
went to find someone in the church to talk to. It is always quiet in a church,
but extremely quiet on a Saturday morning. We were pleasantly surprised to find
one of the ministers and another gentleman to greet us and accept our donation
of books. Paige and I explained what we were doing there and they were more
than happy to have us there and opened up the church library to us. We
continued to chat about how the earnings from the books would help the church
with such things as the library and their various children’s programs. They
were kind enough to let the girls sign out a book from the library to take home
and read…it took them forever to decide which book to take! Then they found
their way to the stage upstairs where Paige and Jordan have their Summer camp
production and they danced around and shared some giggles. Even the minister
shared a giggle or two.

After meeting the minister I learned that he had known my
Grandmother who had just passed away and he shared some wonderful stories of her
with me. What a small world.

With the kids looking through ALL the books, the stories
shared and the memories made, we all left there with a little more warmth on our
hearts. Thanks Paige for another lesson in giving!

Kelly Hassard