Respite Night

So a few Saturdays back our older boys helped at Respite night at church.  It's a night where parents who have children with special needs can go out, or have a few hours to do whatever they would like to do.  Their kids are cared for at church.  This night some of the high school boys from Des Moines Christian were the ones who were there to volunteer.  I was there to take photos for both our church and for the ministry our school had there.  This is a new ministry through school, it is called Tubal Cain, which I haven't a clue what that stands for... but it's a group of Dad's striving to show young men how to be men in our society.  And how to serve others as men.  Love the concept.

There were different rooms set up with various activities for the kids to do.  Each of the high school boys was assigned a "buddy".  Drew was put with Amara, since he was most familiar with her through serving in Sunday school.  And Tommy had Eli, who we have known for several years and I took his photos this fall.

Here are some of my favorites from the night...