What would do if a friend sent out a message for help? I am sure you would help if you could. A few weeks ago a friend posted on Facebook “I’m am losin’ it here!”

Where she was at the time was in her house with her eight kids. Six are between the ages of 9 to 13. One problem was when she asked for chores to be done, she was receiving a reaction like she was asking them to climb Everest. She was looking for real world advice on how to survive another minute.

I posted a comment to ask permission to take them out camping to our family farm. I even said we could go that day. After a couple replies of “are you sure” and “who will be there to help you” we were able to work out the details. Another friend even posted, going to a farm in July will help the chores at home go a lot smoother.

I knew the Lord was with our plans because of how smoothly everything worked out.

My three sons and four of their sons were able to camp out that night. There were major storms forecasted, but the Lord had other plans. We were able to talk about Him by the campfire that night. Everyone had a “chore” to do to help prepare the fire and the meal, but they did not realize that what they were doing until we talked later. I had just asked one of them to do me a favor one at a time. After the “work“ was done we enjoyed some hotdogs, s’mores, and walk in woods. During the darkest part of the night, we watched a baby owl calling to us from a tree above. The next morning, we were able to go rock hunting in our natural cool spring on one of the hottest days in July.

We were all preparing for what the Lord has in store for us in the future. These young men and my sons will be ready the next CTO event, and I will be a part in the planning those events for them and other young men.

At Church, their Dad told me how much fun they had, and their Mom sent me a message this morning, “the boys had a blast and would love to do it again! Thank you for investing in them!” The reason I share that, I want to give thanks to the Lord for helping me step out and do what He is calling me to do.