Today was our Tiger Scouts first “Go See It” — this is where the boys get to experience something and experience something new. We went to Daybreak’s Respite ministry held at Grace Community Church in Adamstown, MD. The boys did a great job helping where they could. They pushed kids in wheelchairs, swept up hair, and served lunch. They served for about an hour and afterwards had some pizza and hung out. There was a video game room where most of the guys stayed.

We had a member of our church coordinate letting us borrow several new video game programs (playstation, x-box, etc..) — if I had more time I would have been all over that.

So at the end of the day I believe it was good to get them exposed to kids who may be a little different than they are, to serve the community, and to have a great time. Way to go Tiger Cubs!

This is Hannah, she’s a rookie. She worked very hard today and without new people like her willing to give it a try we can’t reach and help new families. We had several community groups today that enable us to expand — so thanks for all of you volunteers!

This is Kim L. she helps Kim R. (I know “the Kims”) to organize the monster we call Respite.

This is Kim R. and she’s the Director of Rooftop Ministries. Over eight years ago she approached the pastor of Daybreak and myself about starting this ministry and it has grown from a handful of kids to the hundreds that we have today. It takes an amazing amount of organizing to pull a Respite off — and they do a great job every time.

In case you are wondering (from the video) the green tape on her shoulder means that she “floats” or is a person who is available to help if you need someone. That sums Kim R. up in a nutshell — always ready to help!

Today was another Daybreak Respite. It was from 9:30am to 2:30pm with an hour clean up on the back end. So I am tired. It was a flurry of the normal energy and movement with only a little administrative drama. For the most part it was all about serving our community in a way that really made an impact.

I have several video and picture posting from today’s event so I will spread them out over several posts. If you served at a Respite then you know what I’m talking about, and if you haven’t – sign up for next time.