Unselfish Love

We had an amazing thing happen at MID today, and I just have to tell you about it!

Yesterday, one of our students lost one of her hearing aids during soccer practice.  The coach, her mom, other parents, and other students helped her search the soccer field, but were unable to find it last night. This thing is tiny...it's not quite 1 inch long and 1/3 of an inch wide, and the case is clear plastic.  Pretty much like looking for a needle in a haystack.  The student's grandfather even brought over a magnetic roller and dragged it across the field.  Nothing.  This was devastating as these hearing aids cost around $2500.

So, this morning Mrs. Keane asked if the students and teachers in grades 3-9 would be willing to go out and look again. Of course we were!  We joined together as a school and prayed that God would help us find what had been lost. If anyone knew how important this was, He did, so we put it in His hands. After searching the soccer field for about 30 minutes, we were still unsuccessful.

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After lunch, as the 4th and 5th graders headed out to recess, several asked if they could go down to the soccer field and continue to look for the hearing aid. We had 8, 9, and 10 year olds GIVE UP THEIR RECESS TIME to help another student!  We have THE. BEST. KIDS. EVER. at MID!!!

These kids voluntarily crawled around on their hands and knees combing through the grass to find that hearing aid. At one point a few of them stopped and prayed together that God would help them (my eyes are tearing up just typing this).  Moments later they came running up the hill with their arms raised in victory...they'd found it!

It was so moving to witness the unselfish love of our students. And even more moving to see how they turned to God for help in their search. It brought me to tears to see the joy in all of their faces as they returned the hearing aid to the student who lost it.

Our kids learned a lesson today that goes SO far beyond anything that comes out of a text book. THIS is why I love teaching at MID. And THIS is why I love my students so much.

As I go to sleep tonight, I'll be saying a prayer of thanks for your amazing children, and the beauty of the unselfish love they demonstrated today.  I hope you will too!