Life in Johnson

We love the work that we do at Bob Jones. In fact, we feel like we are getting wonderful parenting training with 300 overgrown teenagers. Benton has a ton of Uncles, and he is loved very much. In fact, we had to attend a funeral viewing, so we left Benton at the Resident Assistant desk. When we returned he was drinking a bottle and behaving himself beautifully. I wonder though if he is always as good for them as they say, but they seem to enjoy having the chance to spend time with him.

Benton is all smiles and quite communicative these days. He loves deep, lower voices and responds to those readily with smiles and all those cute baby noises that just melt your heart. It is a lot of fun! I know some people take a second look when our apartment door is open--we had some men visiting in our Residence Hall last week, and one commented that he did not realize families lived in the residence halls as he had walked by and seen the baby room. I did not tell him that was our living and dining area :-) It is amazing how a little guy can practically take over. We do let him cry it out at times and he plays a lot on his own--finding the balance can be challenging. We pray every day that he will grow up to know the Lord and serve Him. We see a lot of joys working with college kids, and especially with our staff, it is a privilege to work with guys who truly love the Lord. The responsibility is huge, but God's grace is abundant and sufficient--it is exciting to be channels of that grace in Benton's life, and we look forward to what God does!