My biggest dreams growing up was having a pile of kids close together in age. Some days I wonder what I was thinking.
I believe it's fairly safe to say that I accomplished those dreams.. With the help of my husband Michael.
But what does a person do when they've completed their life long goals?
I don't know actually..
But I've started dreaming up new dreams. Dreams that include this little family that have grown in my womb.
Another desire that I have had and possibly would have been doing had I not got married and settled down is go overseas and help people.
My compassionate heart wants to help people.
I had begun looking into travelling to orphanages to help look after babies when I started dating my husband. And so it never happened.
Now, as my children have grown I am seeing opportunities exist to complete those other desires, the ones I pushed to the side.
I have this desire to go to Chinese orphanages and look after babies, to have my heart broken where it needs to be broken, and to take my now 6yr old son with me, to have his heart broken where it needs to be broken.
By broken I mean, to see and feel and smell the desolate situations in which many thousands of babies live their life, many dying alone.
I have spoken to my son and other children about the orphans in China, we look at China for geography and he's keen to go!
My son decided one day to start saving for China. He found his old unused money tin, scrounged the car and house for money (small change) and so his collection had begun.
We are putting away $30 every week ($3000+ in 2yrs) for this opportunity. (Budgeting $3k for him & $5k for me - to bump his amount up - but I told him he needed 3 before discovering he needs 4)
He has the opportunity to do 'extra' jobs for me (like clean out the car) for a $1 a job.
And we freely give him the smaller change (& sometimes notes) when purchasing things at the shops.
We'll give him a little bit of money for his birthday and other gifts too.
We will be paying for this anyway right ;)
Every fortnight (it's happened once) the plan is to visit the bank, deposit the money and receive all worked for money to deposit also.
I am using this opportunity to teach on saving money, little bits add up to big bits.
Speaking to the bank teller and do his banking.
Tithing (hasn't happened yet)
Place Value in the thousand. Thousands using manipulative blocks.
Adding & Subtracting
Money
I am hoping that through this opportunity he will learn something that can be carried into his adult life (like saving).
The China information was from me, but the saving to go was done by him.. And I am happy to take his lead in this learning adventure called life.. Because He can do ALL things through Christ who gives him strength xx
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