today i woke up bright and early, even though it was a saturday, and got ready in a hurry. i love the special olympics! i love all of the olympians so much! they make life so much better, and you cant help but just be happy while you are around them. and they love you so much and are so thankful for everything you do for them. today was the day for special olympics "take two" as i called it. about the second weekend of the semester i went to the special olympics with some of my roomies and it was great! so when our friend joe, who we met at the special olympics before, told us that they were going to be having special olympics bowling this weekend, there was no way we werent going to go! so today i woke up, excited for the day. as i walked into the bowling alley i knew it was going to be an amazing day! jared, my "special olympian" from the first week came running up to me and said, "hey you! i love you, you got it???" what more must i say?? haha. he was so cute, and i was happy to be back with him and all of the rest of the olympians. jill and i were assigned to the olympians on lanes 11 & 12. we went over and met our guys. jill took lane 11 and i took lane 12. my first three boys were great! one of them totally thought he was a gangster, and it was hilarious, and so cute! they all did pretty well, above 70 each time, which is better than i usually do! i was kinda of sad when their three games were up and i knew i would be getting new olympians. i didnt want to see them go, but if i had only known. the second "heat" was with the down syndrome kids, and i couldnt have asked for a bigger blessing to come into my life! they walked over and all sat down looking like they were forced to be there against their will, but i knew this would not do, so i put on my clapping hands, and got my cheering voice out and we got to it. jill's boys were done and so she was with me and lane 12! our lane 12 boys were jared, edwin, brian, and greg!
jared and brian had some major competition going between each other and everytime we cheered for one of them the other one would say, "hey! no cheering!", one time when jill was cheering for brian, jared pointed at her and said,"hey! you stop cheering or im not taking you on a date tonight!" it was so cute!
and then greg was my absolute favorite. he would act like nothing was a big deal, but everytime i cheered real loud for him, or gave him a hi-five he would get the cutest little smile on his face and it was the greatest feeling in the world to make him smile!
at times jill and i felt really stupid because we were so loud cheering for everyone and doing dances for the boys when they got a strike, and all of the other volunteers kept looking at us like we were a little crazy, but as soon as we saw our boys smiling we knew we couldnt stop! and then after the games were done and we were cheering for them as they got their awards, their parents kept coming up to us and thanking us, and telling us what a great job we did with them, and words cannot describe what that feels like. it was the best saturday of my entire life i am pretty sure! and i wouldn't trade it for anything!!
scripture of the day:
Mosiah 2:17 And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom: that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.
today i am thankful for:
* the intelligence God had in putting all types of people on the earth. this world would not be complete any other way.
* my boys at the special olympics who made me happier then i think i have ever been.
* jill!!!! and that she was just as happy and willing as i was to make a fool of ourselves to make our boys happy.
* the opportunity we have as children of God to give service to everyone around us! and the joy that it is able to bring into our lives!
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