The wonderful young person featured here is named Emma. Emma attended last year's 5k Color Run/Walk, and she exemplifies the heartbeat of our ministry. If you want to attend this year's Color Run you can find out more information at www.WeHelpChildrenColorRun.com
Emma adoptive mother wrote to us to share about her daughter. We want to feature parent's perspectives and experiences in our blog teachings. If you have a story to share please send us an email and we may feature it in a future teaching blog! Here is Emma's story from a mother's eyes:
Emma is autistic....she is 14 years old. She takes little steps to lead up to her big accomplishments.
She learns like a toddler with continual and patient consistent teaching and modeling. Sometimes, though, she comes out with really funny things that make us laugh because they are so typical of a teenager yet so out of character for her and her limited language. One day in response to being told to do something, she looked at the Home Health Aide and said, "Whatever!" Another time, when asked repeatedly to clean up after she ate, she said, "This is my house!" She said them so seriously. We have learned to laugh with her and many little things can bring joy and smiles to her. One thing about Emma
is that she really loves praise songs and her worship of God is pure and uninhibited. We are continually amazed that she can sing along to almost any song whether she has heard it before or not. Every time she sits at her piano, she seems to be composing parts to a symphony she is writing. Sometimes she plays a part over and over again like she is trying to get it right and other times she includes familiar songs in what she plays. Her mind is amazing.
May we find and bless the hidden talents of our young people and help them excel - so they can lead us to God's loving heart. Emma's music is heaven's song. Thank you Emma's mom for showing us the way.
If Emma's story touched your heart, please share it.
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