This year I have been learning about how Jesus loved people who were otherwise hard to love, people that today's society would not like to be seen around. Jesus, with judgement from everyone around him, would talk and even touch them without the slightest worry about what the other people were thinking. Although this is not on the same level, for me it has been a huge learning curve to work with loud, sometimes dirty, 7 year-olds. I have learned a lot of patience and grace while working with them. I started out by acting like I loved the kids, and sooner rather than later I started to, surprisingly, love them for real!
