Parade! (Belated from the Fourth)
One of the boys that I tutor, along with several girls that I help teach in Kids' Church, were part of the Fourth of July parade this year! One of our church members was so kind as to let us use (he drove) his antique truck pulling a trailer that the kids could decorate and stand in to throw candy. We were in the annual town photo, then headed a few blocks away to where the truck was waiting. We had decorated it the day before, so I'm thankful to God that we didn't have any moisture during the night to mess things up! The kids had so much fun throwing candy (and eating it!) after we had to wait in the trailer for 45 minutes for our part of the parade to start moving! We ran out of candy, generously donated by our church members, two-thirds of the way through the parade. I don't know if it's because the kids were throwing too much at a time, or if we just didn't have enough candy. I think we didn't have enough candy, because we separated it all into separat...