BFF Club Strikes Again

My girls belong to the BFF Club, Best Friends Forever.  They and four other girls formed it.  It started back in March, I guess and one of the first things they did was have a bake sale during our annual neighborhood garage sale.  They raised over one hundred dollars.  They took themselves to lunch and are spending the rest on children less fortunate then them, providing food, clothing etc.

The other thing they have started is their own Bible study.  On friendship.  One of the mom's found a bible study that listed a good many Scripture verses on what it means to be a good friend and what it looks like to be a not so good friend.  Last month, before our monthly book club get together, the six girls with one of the mom's got together, prayed, shared requests and went through a couple of the verses they had read and studied.

Then, about two weeks ago, another mom heard about a need from an orphanage in Haiti where all of the kids were sleeping on a concrete floor.  She rallied the BFF Club and they had another bake sale.  This time it was during one of our college football home games.  And they sold baked goods to tailgaters.  They met in a parking lot of a business who was willing to help them out.  They loaded up their bake goods into a wagon and went around selling there treats.

The girls were blown away by the response of the people.  Many of which just gave donations and didn't necessarily want the baked goods.  I think the girls learned a lot.  How to approach people, how to answer questions, how important it is to help others.  They raised quite a bit of money.  All of which they turned over to Hope to Haiti.  H2H will then take the money to Haiti and buy bed rolls until more money can be raised to get the children actual beds.

The BFF Club is one of the best things that I could have hoped for for the girls.  As the girls get older and start "going out in the world" it will be so important for them to have awesome, like minded friends to help encourage them and keep them accountable.

I am so thankful for each one of these girls and for their families.  It is so wonderful to be able to do life together . . .