The Sudbrock Scoop

Recitals, recitals everywhere

It is the season of recitals! First Samantha, then Skyler and today we had another recital for Serenity and Samantha together as well as a school program for Skyler. They sure keep us hopping. What a blessing it is to be able to meet with these other parents on a regular basis though. This morning, I helped backstage for Samantha and Serenity's recital program and was able to spend most of the morning talking to one of the other mothers. She opened up and shared many details of her life with me and I was able to share with her the hope and peace that is only found in Jesus Christ. She shared her thermos of coffee as we began a new friendship. I hope to be able to introduce her to The Everlasting Friend before it is too late. When we parted today she bid farewell with a smiling, "See you tomorrow." Boy was that nice. It was worth a morning spent backstage with 50 little kids! This afternoon we had the privilege of having one of Samantha's little friends spend some time with us while her mommy had to work. Please pray for MJ. She has been visiting us now for 3 years and feels very "at-home" around us. She also has many questions about God and the Bible. Rounding off our evening, we all attended Skyler's Christmas program at school. Sitting there watching a group of 4th graders act out the story of the Golden Goose and listening as the main characters sent their sons out into the woods to work with a lunch of cake and beer, I asked myself, "what in the world am I doing here?" Then when the program was over and the teachers presented my husband with a gift for volunteering to coach Friday afternoon baseball, I was reminded why it was so good to be there. These kids from our baseball team are learning to love and trust us and we hope that one day they will learn to love and trust Christ as well. When we see them in the store or on the street, they run up and hug us and introduce us to their parents. Oh how our hearts yearn to see kids like Sophie and Margarita and Olga and Tilo find the unconditional, everlasting love of Christ. Yes, it is the season of recitals, but the reason for the season is still Christ!