Hey Ken, I randomly came across your blog. I work with 5th graders (actually K-5th) and the mom side of me wants to shelter all of them from such horrible things going on in the world today but another side feels like those kids are ready to know. Allowing these kids to know what is going on gives them the chance to begin to hurt for those people and with feelings of such sadness over something of this nature they are possibly getting a vision for how they can help. Thanks for the post, it was really great!

Hey Kenny, I really enjoyed getting to know you on the trip. Your passion for God is inspiring. Check this out - today I was reading the bk "The World According to Mister Rogers," and I came across this quote. It brings home to me what you mentioned in your blog, "we are servants to God, we are called to Love Him and Love Others."

"Helen Ross was a good friend who taught teachers, doctors, and psychiatrists and consulted with professionals working with children and families all over the world. she was on of the great people of our age in the understanding of the dynamic development of human beings. After one operation for cancer and some subsequent therapy, Helen chose to refuse treatment when her cancer reappeared. One day when I visited her, I found Helen very frail... Helen said to me, "Do you ever pray for people, Fred? "Of course I do." So I said, "Dear God, encircle us with Thy love wherever we may be." And Helen replied, "That's what it is, isn't it? -it's love. That's what it's all about." Helen was eighty-eight when she died. She had spent most of her adult life working at understanding the complexities of human growth and development, and her summation of life was that love is what it's all about."
Fred Rogers

Isn't that the truth! Loving others IS what life is all about.