Appreciation

Today I heard something that every parent would love to hear, so I am going to share it with you all. We will all be proud to know that all the kids agreed with what was said but the Hejduk’s get the joy of knowing that it came out of their daughter’s mind and mouth first.

Let me frame what we did first…Today was the Homeless plunge. We were kicked out of the YWAM facility at 9:00 am with a map of free food locations and a bus fair. We were not permitted to take any additional money or our cell phones. (leaders excluded) We had to be homeless for the day and find all that we needed through the day on our own, this included food, water, restroom facilities, etc…

We ate lunch at St. Anthony’s, stood in line for about 30 minutes and ate what they put on our plate, there were no options and there were many things that challenged our comfort level. We made it through it and met a couple very interesting people in the process. That story we will tell later.

What I was excited to hear was what Paige said. We were doing the debrief afterwards and the question was “what did you learn today that changed your outlook on things?” Paige said “when I am at home, I go to the fridge or the panty and constantly say ‘there is NO food here!’ and the truth is that there is nothing that is specifically want at that time. My mom goes to the store every week and spends hundreds of dollars providing food for me and any of these people we ate lunch with today would give anything to have a home full of food in the pantry. How unappreciated am I?”

What else can I say…God is awesome.