Cookies!

Some of the kids in the Village Oaks Kids Club made cookies...from scratch!  Summer Fun!

-- Behind Every Door Ministries

Son-Glasses

"Did you know you are valuable?"  I said to one of the girls at the Kids Club.


How many of us grow up really knowing our worth?  This young lady spends a lot of her time reacting to every little thing said about her.  I have spent a lot of time talking to her about what God thinks about her...how, if what is said about her conflicts with what God says about her then what was said doesn't really matter.

Everyday I ask her, "Do you know you are valuable?"  Sometimes I get a yes...sometimes a roll of the eyes.

The other day I walked out of the Kids Club to her telling me that some young boys were making fun of her.  I looked at her and asked "what is the truth, what does God think of you?"  She looked at me and said, "I am valuable!"  I asked her if it really matters what the boys say about her when Jesus says, "you are valuable?"  "Nope!" she said.

This young girl is learning to put on her Son-glasses and to see herself through Jesus' eyes.

-- Rickey Fanning

Real Men

At a recent Real Men we launched Sons of a Loving Father, a new theme for Behind Every Door.  We are all a Son or a Daughter of a very loving Father.  A Father who loves us and likes us.  More to come on this new theme in an upcoming post.

To kick off the new theme, we made t-shirts and hats.  Enjoy the pictures!

-- Behind Every Door Ministries

Recent Graduates!

Congratulations to these recent graduates!  We are very proud of you!

 Jalon

Jerry 

Neil 

Patrick 

Samaria 

Stephon

-- Behind Every Door Ministries

Grandpa

"Hey Grandpa!"

That is what one of the elementry girls calls me. "You're my Grandpa," she says!

I didn't know how to take that. I always pictured an old, white haired man as Grandpa.  But, as I was at home thinking about being a Grandpa at the young age of 34, I realized that her comment was a compliment.  One thing I can remeber about my Grandpa is the wisdom he passed on to me.  He was the one who spoiled me and taught me a lot of what I know today.  He is a huge part of who I am.

I sat there thinking...a lot of the kids we work with grow up without a father.  Most come from single mother homes with no male role model.  Then, you go back a generation and see that a lot of these kids' parents grew up in single mother homes with no father.  These kids are not only fatherless, but Grandfatherless.

I never had a Father to teach me.  One thing I cherish in my life is the Grandfather I did have.  Today I am honored to be looked at by this youg girl as Grandpa.

-- Rickey Fanning

Salads from the Garden

During a recent Kids Club, we decided to harvest some vegetables in the Village Oaks garden!  Once we picked the veggies, we decided it would be fun to make a salad using the vegetables we had just harvested!  Enjoy the pictures!

-- Behind Every Door Ministries