Widows and (Former) Orphans

After Sunday School yesterday morning, JA told me that the youth leaders were asking for boys to help with a Valentine's banquet they were hosting for the widows of the church.  After getting the details, I thought this was a great idea and was excited that JA and BG wanted to participate.  I asked if they needed more boys and offered AT and TJ as well. 

So, after church, they gathered all of the widows in one of the classrooms.  While there, the youth girls sang to the ladies while the boys delivered roses to each of the ladies.

Then, the boys escorted the ladies over to the fellowship hall for their luncheon. 

The boys seated the ladies and then seated themselves.  After the luncheon, they played some games where they mixed up the tables so the youth and the widows were seated together and worked together on the games. 

I thought this was a wonderful way to look after the widows in the church.  Of course, it meant even more to me that my former orphans were participating in this event.  So while I was frustrated with the events of the morning, the event of the afternoon put a huge smile on my face (and a few tears in my eyes).  I am very pleased that this church is teaching the kids how to live out the Bible - which, of course, is very important, too.

²⁷ Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.