A month and a day ago Eli turned 10! A month ago he had a party - a party that he planned, organized and orchestrated! His plan:
"Invite all the boys in the elementary to our cabin after school on Friday at 3:30. We'll let everyone arrive and then we'll go down to the warehouse on the dock at 3:40. We'll play some games until about 4:00 and then have some snacks. At 4:15 we'll go to the other end of the dock and play frisbee and some football (soccer for you Americans) and then we'll come back up to the cabin for blueberry muffins - instead of cake - and to open gifts."
And that, our friends, is exactly how it all went down. The boy knew what he wanted and he made it happen.
He's also fully ten and fully boy and loves bodily noises...and we're working hard to teach him that teasing his sisters isn't ok.
Turning 10 is a pretty big deal on the ship. Eli can now fix his own food at meals in the dining room and has more freedom to be on his own in various places on the ship. Please pray for him as he embraces and explores these new responsibilities and as he continues to become the man God wants him to be. Pray for him as his character and integrity are shaped and formed. Pray that he'll be a good friend - and that he will have good friends. Pray that he will connect with God and learn to hear His voice clearer and louder than any other.
We're so glad Eli is a Cash. He makes our family better and stronger.
Surely there will be more to come.
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