I Remembered The Bird

From my experience of burying the bird, I could see the Lord doesn't always answer prayers in the way I think He would. Sometimes the things He asks us to do seem ridiculous to us. I started to be open to doing and seeing things in a new way.

I'd found the newspaper that was in the trash with the ad Bill had told me about. Sure enough, an organization called T4C looked for positive people to be a booster for area kids. Since Bill suggesting this was out of the ordinary, I remembered the bird. Just maybe this was another thing the Lord wanted me to do. I called the number.

Sure enough, the T4C were looking for people who could spend 26 hours a week with a child who needed a positive influence in their lives. After the orientation, I was given a boy named Ricky. I called Ricky's mom and made arrangements to pick him up. I found myself making the pick-up time at the same time Todd had died. I could see that the Lord was helping me replace a negative with a positive.

We spent well over 26 hours a week with Ricky. Our family welcomed him with open arms. We took him on many outings, got him involved in sports, and even took him on vacation with us. When Ricky's sister turned 7, she was also put in the program, and I was her booster also. Ricky and Danyelle spent a lot of time with our family while in the booster program.

I had no doubt that this was something the Lord wanted me to do, and it was part of my simple faith journey.