Final Week of Fortress

This week was hard but a lot of fun. Monday we had a water day for all the preK. It was fun watching them play in the water and have fun. Then it started getting really hot so we went in for lunch and watched a movie afterward. It was fun but we all knew it was almost the last day with the kids. After the kids went home we all worked on signs for the carnival we had on Tuesday.

Tuesday we got to work and set up for the carnival. It was a ton of fun. Our kids couldn’t do everything but they did a lot. We have bean bag toss, face painting, snow cones, cotton candy, and balloon animals. It was so much fun. After lunch our kids watched a movie and we took group pictures. My group shot turned into a dog pile. It was so fun though.

Wednesday the kids didn’t come but we all worked on getting the building cleaned. I ended up driving the van all over to drop stuff off. It was a ton of fun though. We then went to lunch and laughed a lot. Then I left and came back to Abilene.

If I had to say I learned one thing this summer it would be that I am blessed beyond belief. God is constantly changing me and working on me and I feel that I grew a lot this summer. When I would drive down Lancaster and see all the homeless people on the side of the road my heart would go out to them. I wanted to talk with them and find out their story. I realized that even though I don’t have a lot of money I am blessed to have a roof over my head and clean running water any time I want it. The kids I worked with were not always poor but they didn’t have a lot of money. It is a blessing to see them walk in everyday with a smile on their face. You could tell they were ready to have fun. I am going to miss Fortress and miss those kids but I think God has something big planned for my future. I just have to wait and see what that is.