Tonight we were at the annual vision rally for the Kansas City District Church of the Nazarene. There were a couple thousand people there to hear our District Superintendent give his annual report on our KC churches. During his report, our DS shared a powerful video telling the story of our church's Love Wins ministry. People were crying and applauding, it was a wonderful moment.
During the entire two hour service, Dawson was being held by a friend of ours, Jerry Godwin, who was a father-figure to Erin as a teenager in her home church. Jerry's incredible skill with babies has earned him the nickname "the baby whisperer." His baby skills were in full force as he somehow kept Dawson happy the entire two hours. I'd never seen anything like it.
But when our video came on the big screen, Dawson started giggling with joy. He would look at us then look at the big screen, mommy and daddy larger than life. And when my voice came over the PA system, he would give a happy coo.
Thousands of people were clapping for us throughout the video but I have to say that Dawson's excitement at hearing our voices gave us a joy deeper than the applause of the crowd. As we said our nightly prayer over our son, Erin thanked God for "this little gift of Dawson's joy."
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