Last night I drove six young women to the church cannery to fulfill a food bank assignment where we packaged beans. It was a 30 minute drive each way and this meant that the girls became well acquainted with my van.<\/p>\n
I did ask my kids to clean up the van and I hastily stuffed some papers in the trash bag before the girls jumped in. However, it didn’t take long for the girls to begin discovering treasures.<\/p>\n
“Sister Ross, why is there a toothbrush on the floor of your van?”<\/p>\n
“Sister Ross, is that a 3-foot stick by the driver’s side?”<\/p>\n
“Why do you have a food scale in your van?”<\/p>\n
I was a little bit mortified, but then I turned it into a game. Which girl could discover the strangest thing in my van?<\/p>\n
Would it be the 7 pairs of shoes? Would it be the Lightning McQueen socks? A half-eaten chicken nugget? I listened for more discoveries.<\/p>\n
As we pulled into the cannery, I heard a voice in the back say,<\/p>\n
“I think I found Narnia in this little compartment!”<\/p>\n
And I proclaimed her the winner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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