For the past few days I have been recording memories of my soon to be 5 year old son, Ky, in honor of his upcoming birthday in 6 days. I can't tell you how much I have enjoyed this process. I love remembering all of the fun and wonderful things my son has done to touch our lives in the past 5 years. It has also inspired me to do something similar for my other children in the very near future so stay tuned....
As for memory #6....
Two summers ago we attended a family camp called Sonrise Family Ranch. If you have never been there GO! They have the most amazing ministry there and we make a point to get away to this amazing place at least once a year. It has been life changing for our family.
Anyway, we were attending another family camp and I noticed there were a couple of older boys there with their dad. Before I knew it, and not surprisingly, Ky had buddied himself up to the oldest boy, Josh. Well Josh was this kind of tough guy on the outside but as I began to watch how he dealt with my then 3 1/2 year old there was a gentleness about him. This 17 year old
boy had the patience of Job and spent hours fishing and giving him boat rides and whatever else Ky would dream up. I watched and studied from afar and really began to see Josh's heart through it all.
Ky, we have found, is a really good judge of charecter. I began to mention my observations to my husband who is a youth pastor. I remember telling him - there is just something about that young man. So Jason started to watch too. When we finished the family camp Josh started attending our youth group and we would invite him over to our house for other activities with the other youth group kids. More often then not I would find Josh hanging out with our boys playing video games or bouncing on our trampoline. Jason ended up inviting him on our mission trip just a few weeks later and he agreed to go. The first night we were there Josh gave his life to Christ. It was overwhelming to be a part of. Jason then had the honor of baptizing him in the ocean. It was truly amazing.
When I think about it all I know that God used Ky to touch that young man's heart. He used Ky to make sure my husband and I were paying attention. I don't know if we would have done things any differently if it weren't for Ky but I am glad we don't have to find out because I think it turned out pretty great
I don't know if Josh will ever read this but I hope he knows how much he means to our family. We love you "Big Josh" (as Ky affectionately calls him.) :-)
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