My Little Evangelist

I don't have any pictures to post to go along with this story, so you'll have to use your imagination!

Picture my sweet almost-5-year-old, getting ready for school this morning.  He walks out of his room in his jeans, shirt, button up over shirt (he's into layers these days), hat....and his backpack.  Except, he doesn't bring a backpack to school (due to the quaintness of his schoolhouse, there's no room!)

I say to him, "Brayden, why do you have your backpack on?" and he replies, "Because I have something I want to share with my friends today.  I have my Jesus bible.  I want to read it to my friends and teach them about Jesus."  "Wow, that's a great idea Brayden!"  I say, not really wanting to make too big a deal out of it, for fear that he may change his mind!  

Brayden's wonderful teacher is a Christian, so I knew she would be more than open to Brayden's ideas, and she was absolutely wonderful about it.  She let him bring his bible storybook to class and said he could read it during their independent reading time.  

I thought about him all morning, wondering what he would say to his classmates as he turned the pages of his "Jesus bible," and hoping we had done a good enough job teaching him so far.

His teacher said it was so great.  He sat on the carpet with 2 of his best friends and told them the story of David and Goliath, as well as the story of the crucifixion.  Oh to be a fly on the wall during that!  

I love that Brayden is starting to gain his own understanding of Jesus, and beginning a relationship with Him that will hopefully last forever.  And who knows, maybe he planted a seed for little Matthew and Cameron :)