Mailed Love

Every Friday in my room the K-4th graders join and we do something called Card Ministry.  We write cards with Bible verses pasted in them to someone I, or they, have heard about that would need some encouragement or prayers.  The students look forward to it and especially love hearing back from those we have written to.  I have a bulletin board to pin up the cards and emails that others have sent to us to thank us.

But since April 10th the roles seem to have been reversed.  We got cards.  We were the ones needing love, prayers, comfort, and encouragement.  Some cards were addressed to Marissa's family, so I passed those along.  Some were addressed to me or Matthew specifically and others were general cards to the whole class.  As we got the cards I put then in Marissa's phonic bin and place them beside her desk.

The students were so excited to have cards from other people, just like they had sent out card every Friday to other people.  I told the students that we would keep the cards in the classroom until the end of the year and then they would each get to take some home.  

 I told them that whenever they felt sad they could go over and pick a card out and read it.  Then they would know that there were people who cared about them, were praying for them, and loved them.

It was sweet to watch them read the cards.  One or two students would pick a card up, read it, and if there was something special they liked they would go and share it with another student.  Each card was read and many were read multiple times.  

Thank you to everyone who sent cards to the students.