I don't remember how this conversation got started, but we ended up talking about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (not sure about the spelling, but this isn't English class). I told Hannah that I had heard on the news that morning about a lady from South Africa who was a missionary in Afghanistan working to help people with disabilities. I explained that there is a group of people called the Taliban who were mean to her because she was "spreading Christianity." They don't know God and they don't understand that His son Jesus is the only way to heaven, and they got mad at her. You can read it here: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,440841,00.html
Anyway, Hannah was listening carefully then said very seriously, "Mom, I know what we need to do. We need to get a Bible--maybe a bunch of them. And send it to the guys who don't know about God. And we need to get a piece of paper and write down all the important stuff for them to know about and put that on top of the Bible. That way they will know about God and won't be mean to people anymore." She thought a minute more and said, "Mom, can I change my mind about something? Can I change my roller skate bank to be for Bibles instead?" (Ever since she went to a friend's house and played with their roller skates it has been all she can think about. She started a piggy bank and will do all kinds of jobs to earn money, and even though we never told her this, she says that if she isn't nice and kind then she won't get paid! But when she first started saving for it she wanted to take the money she had been saving for two years to send to Haiti and use it for skates. We explained that the Haiti money is for the kids in Haiti and she can't take that away from them to use on herself. So in this instance she was asking if it would be ok to use skate money to to toward Bibles, and of course, the answer is yes. And just for that, I think she'll see skates under the tree at Christmas!) Then she thought a little bit and asked, "Mom, would it be ok if I went over to that place and helped them learn about God?" I told her that if God wanted her to that she would go no matter what, but she needs to listen to what God wants her to do. I hope he wants her in a safer place, but wherever he leads...
On a lighter note!... Some funny things Alli has said:
"My tongue is like a napkin." (When I asked her to use her napkin to wipe her face.)
Yesterday there were a lot of jet trails in the sky, and the girls were pointing them out. Alli argued, "That's not a real plane, that's just a toy one. See the rope on the back of it?"
This past weekend the girls' cousin, Joy, got bapized so we went to celebrate with them. When it was time to leave their house to come home Alli got close to Mark and said quietly, "I like your children."
Hannah has been giving "re-useable hugs and kisses." Sometimes I'll ask her for just one more kiss after she has already given one and she'll say, "No, that last one was a re-useable." Or, at bedtime I'll kiss her and she'll ask, "Is that a re-useable?" She even asked Gramma Kathy this past weekend (they were here for the baptism as well)!
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