Jesus, Jammies and Donut Stop

Last Wednesday was "wear your pajamas" to school day! Mali enjoyed wearing her new jammies and slippers from Nana and Grandpa. She received SOOO many compliments and questions every where we went about where her boots came from and she replied "they came from Dalhart from my Nana and Grandpa". That morning, we also went to meet with one of the children's pastors at our church to discuss Mali's decision and future baptism. Of course, the not usually shy Mali clammed up and when she was asked if she had heard any stories about Jesus replied "no". That girl! When we got in the car, she told me "I was just kidding" and then shared with me that she wanted to be baptized because she wanted everyone to know that she had asked Jesus into her heart. We are still going to take the decision "slow" but every day she is asking me if today is the day that she gets to be baptized. It makes me wonder if this is the child like faith that Jesus wants us all to have. Yes, she may not know all the answers to who Jesus is or even stories about Him, but she KNOWS Jesus. Isn't child like faith supposed to be simple? Won't she spend the rest of her life learning about who Jesus really is, and through each circumstance learn a new character trait about who He is to her then? I know that I certainly have! This week in BSF, we both learned about how Jesus is the Good Shepherd. Mali and I have had some wonderful talks about Jesus because of this. She is able to really identify with this "name" of Jesus. We have talked about why Jesus died on the cross for us and if he was scared and how He wanted to obey his dad and how much he loved us by doing this and how it was God's great plan from the beginning. I really love and treasure the simple moments when we have these precious, eternal conversations...and they have been really frequent lately! I love this and know that these conversations push me into God's word more and more! I need to have His truth fresh on my mind to be able to answer her!
After our meeting and our little trip to see the baptistry, Mali, Eleri and I went to the Donut Stop and indulged in some yummy donuts. Mali had two pink with sprinkles donuts and Eleri certainly indulged in her choice of 10 donut holes!
And, aren't Mali's eyes beautiful in this picture? I didn't even do any photoshop editing for this one! Lately her eyes have just sparkled and been so brilliant!