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Week 18:

This blessing took place the week of January 26-31

Currently my family is homeless. We had to be out of our rental on January 28th and don't close on our home until February 3rd. So, we are currently living with Oscar's parents, which is a HUGE blessing. I can't say this enough, you have no idea how blessed I am to be a part of their family. They love me as if I was their own daughter and they spoil me as much as my parents spoil me.

However, Eli is a creature of habit. He likes for us to pick him up from Norma's, go home, play, and then go to bed. However, with us having to stay at Norma's for a few days it's been a little frustrating for Eli. So the other night we decided we would take him to Fun City to play for a few hours. For those of you who don't know, Fun City is a pizza place with arcade games, and a play area for kids. Eli LOVES this place because he can play basketball there.

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Every time we go "Eli wins" a bunch of tickets but what he doesn't know is that these tickets win you prizes. So this week's blessing was giving away "Eli's tickets" to older kids at Fun City.

Please realize most of the games, other than basketball, Eli plays, Oscar or I are the ones who actually win the tickets. Eli is still too young to understand that the tickets win prizes, he's more interested in playing the games. So we decided instead of throwing the tickets away or getting Eli a small toy, he'll never play with; we'll just bless another kid.

This is fun to do because kids are in shock when you give them free tickets. They'll ask their parents if it's, and then politely thank us for the tickets. They then, of course, count the tickets to add them to their total, to see if this will be enough to get the prize they want!

If you ever get a chance to go to a place like Fun City play a few games, win some tickets, and give them to a little kid. It'll brighten your day! Sometimes as adults, we need to be reminded of how much fun it is to be a kid.  

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