Praying Together...

We love Erin's Day Care.  Gateway to Learning has turned out to be a great thing for Erin.  She goes to chapel every Wednesday and they learn Bible stories in class every morning.  They teach the regular Day Care things as well, but she's learning stories from the Bible and prayers while she's there.  It's great!

At lunch time they take turns saying the prayer.  It's the same prayer repeated everyday, but it's still so sweet.  So, at supper Erin likes to lead us in prayer.  Sometimes we get to do it, but most days Erin takes the lead.  With this being said, the same thing happens at bedtime.  The only funny thing is that it's the same mealtime prayer we do at bedtime.  Sometimes she throws in people to pray for at the end.  Sometimes it's her "friends", sometimes it's her "family" but most nights it's "the whole word".  We also like to mix things up by calling roll with her friends and family.  Everyone will be included and it's a lengthy list.

She always ends her prayers with "Amen" followed by "Love Jesus".  It's like a varsity team cheer.  It's precious.

For the last couple of weeks we've been doing the Lord's Prayer as well.  She knows the whole thing and it's so cute to hear her little voice saying it.  She stumbles over some of the bigger words and kind of wings it with her own version, but it's mainly sticking to the Prayer.  She likes for me to say a line, then she says a line.  It's so heartwarming to hear her saying it.  She learned it at school because I thought she was a little young to memorize it completely.  They must say it every day.  I think I'll teach her the Affirmation of Faith next.  It's much longer and a lot more complicated, but I think she can do it.  (Now I just have to practice reciting it from memory in little bits and pieces!)

Thanks Gateway to Learning Baptist School we love your day care.