Time Stand Still

NOOB in just about every sense of the word...while I wasn't making fun of Dayla, I happened to be nearby at the time, so now I'm writing.  I spent the day with Dayla and Bobby so I did the same things that they did.

This is my first time on a mission trip, I brought my son along as well.  Speaking of being outside of comfort zones...we are both very introverted and much of the work we are doing involves making conversation, not just with people we don't know (we actually aren't terrible at that), but lifestyles we don't know and customs and phrases that we don't know.  Sam is doing outstanding and is getting a lot of positive feedback, I'm very grateful for being able to bring him...thank you Cindy Skeen for your encouragement to come.

I am good at rambling when I write, so I'm going to spare you a little...tonight we were asked how our experience here might be brought home.  So I'm going to send part of it home with sections of a song that has meant a lot to me since Sam was born...I hope you get it.

"Time stand still
Not looking back but I want to look around me now
Time stand still
See more of the people and the places that surround me now
Freeze this moment a little bit longer, make each sensation a little bit stronger
Experience slips away
Make each impression a little bit stronger, freeze this moment a little bit longer
The innocence slips away
Summer's going fast, nights getting colder
Children growing up, old friends growing older
Time stand still"

Fred Taylor