April 2008
5935 New Peachtree Road, Doraville, GA, 30340
Today at Kensington I helped KK read paragraphs. She's 6 years old and has to read the stories then answer questions. KK can't read. I read and she follows along repeating the words. Today we learned the words I, a, the and then. She's missing her two front teeth so it makes it hard for her to pronounce TH. She gets frustrated and starts sucking her thumb and pouting. "Alright let's take a break." I say.
KK pops her thumb out of her mouth and asks about how Jesse is and I say he’s still in jail and she can pray for him. "My daddy is in jail, too. I pray for him." "What do you say?" "God help my Daddy get out of jail." "That's a good prayer. I pray for God to protect Jesse." "Ashley, am I going to die when I turn 100?" "Hmm.. I don’t know I might die tomorrow in a car crash and I'm only 19!"
Ernesto came over and handed me an orange crayon for me to draw with. I drew him a one cross with Jesus on it. KK asked, "What if the devil come and gets God." "Nah. God is so powerful it’s not even a fight between God and the devil." "Ash, if I lie to God will I go to hell?"
"Well lying to God is called a sin." I write SIN on the paper in front of us. "Stealing, cheating, and doing things naughty against God are also called sins."
"Yeah and cussing!" She bursts out laughing.
"Yep, cussing isn’t good either. Remember when I drew Jesus on the cross?"
She nods her head.
"God knew you weren’t going to be perfect but He wants you to come live in heaven with Him so He sent Jesus to die for your sins on the cross. We can pray right now and ask Jesus to come live in your heart so He can help you be a good girl. Do you want to pray for Jesus to come and live in your heart? All you have to say is, God thank you for sending you son, Jesus, to die for my sins. Thank you for forgiving me. Amen."
"I can do that!" She closes her eyes and I say the prayer again to help her along.
"I’m so proud of you KK! I’m going to be praying for you."
With that the moment was over and she began trying to read her homework. Please pray for KK as she becomes a new Christian.
Love,
Ashley