For many years now, I've noticed that Sage has a heart for the needy, particularly hungry people. If she earned money in some way, she'd say that she wanted to buy a loaf of bread for people that didn't have anything to eat. So obviously I want to nurture those characteristics in her, and thankfully, we go to a church that is very focused on that. Recently, they hosted a community challenge and I signed our entire family up. Sage was so excited, and she even got to dance on the stage during the "pump up" part/introduction, if you will. After they instructed us what to do, we headed to a table to form an assembly line. It was kind of a competition to see how fast we could fill boxes. However, we had Paisley and Jaggar at our table, and they were soon sent elsewhere, especially after they each sneezed into the rice and veggies. Awesome. Travis got the bags under the funnel part. Sage scooped in the veggies, and I did the rice. For the first little bit, Travis had to tell me continually to go because I got distracted. He said I was worse than the kids. So needless to say, our table was not the fastest but it was really important that my children be a part of that, even if Jaggar only did it for a little bit.
I think that it really made an impact on Sage (and us too) and we hope to do more things like this in the future.
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