Over the weekend our church had a community service day. This is time for the members to get together and do projects for the community. The mission friends class, which Joy now belongs, planted flowers at the local nursing home, handed out cards to the residents, and helped in the church garden.
I took Joy to the church Saturday morning, while Wendy stayed with Ava. I hung around just in case Joy became too fussy. Fortunately, she did pretty well. She was not too interested in digging in the dirt. I believe she put one flower in the ground. Most of the time she was content to walk around. Joy did hand out a card or two to the residents. After that we returned to the church to "help out" the garden. Basically it was picked beans off the pulled up plants. The kids enjoyed it and talked about finding the "biggest bean in the world" several times of course. Joy pulled some beans off and put them in the bag.
Then with the planned activities over and some time, the kids were allowed to play on the playground. Joy has gotten to the point where she does enjoy the playground. Mostly a slide. She slid a few times and climbed some. After that it was time to go.
I think it is good to have that the church includes the young ones on the mission projects. It teaches service and gives excuse for the parents to get involved.
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