AWANA Awards

Another year of AWANA has flown by! I can't believe we are already finished :) I think back to last year at this time and we were just about 4 months preggo with Crosby, had one kiddo in the nursery, a Puggle, and a Cubbie. This year we have a Cubbie and a Sparks!!! Can you believe next year we will have a Puggle, Cubbie, and Sparks...aggghhhh! Anyway, the kids did a great job learning verses, although I didn't put videos on here enough. I am so amazed at how eager they are to learn scripture!

In Cubbies we all complete each verse together since they are younger and can't read. They do a great job each week and I love being the director! Carter was a joy to have in class this year. I have to brag and say that Carter did so much better than last year during the awards program! He sang his little heart out and enjoyed himself so much!

He got his participation certificate and a ribbon for finishing the book! What is even more important to me is that he actually remembers lots of the verses and is understanding more and more what they mean!

Caden did a phenomenal job this year! I couldn't be more proud! He had a wonderful leader (LOVE YOU MIMI!) and a great listener (LOVE YOU MR. ED). He finished the first Sparks book before Christmas Break, then completed the review and extra section of the review book during the second semester. At first I just assumed he was racing through them just to say he finished first and not really learning them...uh no he is crazy smart. You give this boy a reference only and he can pick that verse out and tell you the whole thing. UH-MA-ZING!!! He didn't want to say a verse on stage tonight but he still looked cute!

Here he is with his certificate and book award!

And just to brag even more...I want to share a little about our girl, L. She also did fantastic this year. I wish I could post her sweet picture but I can't so I will just tell you a quick story. When she first arrived to our home about a year ago, we told her we were going to church. She said she didn't want to go because that place was boring, dumb, etc. Of course she had never been to church so that was just what she had heard. In the last year, she has made huge gains. She loves going to church and memorized so many verses this year! She finished the first Sparks book and is about 1/2 way through her second. Not bad for never being in church! She also made us proud and said a verse on stage during the awards program :) She is doing so well!

God wants us all to have faith of these children and desire Him with this hunger...let us not forget that and be inspired by not just my kiddos, but all children! I know I am! These little boogers motivate me daily and I thank God for each one of them!