Lucas is our 10 year old "little brother" . He is the one in the photo holding the red guitar! John and I became what Big Brothers and Big Sisters call a "Big Couple". We decided to donate some time each week, and looked in to seeing if we could join Big Brothers Big Sisters. Once it was decided we would be ok to apply. The next step was filling out an application online. After about a week, our case manager called us. He told us he would be our case manager and they he would make a visit to our home. He then told us about a new program called Big Couple. This allows us to be match with a child and do this as a couple!
So this past September we were matched with Lucas! Lucas lives right outside of downtown KC. We spend a few hours each week hanging out with Lucas. Dorian is his 9 year old brother.....Dorian currently does not have a Big Brother or a Big Couple to hang out with, so we had him over with Lucas on Sunday. We had great time playing video games, guitar hero and doing Karaoke!
We are especially excited about this evening. Since we have met Lucas, John has enrolled him in a weekly judo class. Lucas is getting promoted from a white belt to a yellow belt. He will be really suprised tonight! We will take some photos and post them soon!
This is Dorian playin some video games!
John and Lucas playin some Guitar Hero!
3 comments:
That's cool! I didn't know they did Big Couple!Ahhhh,Guitar Hero!! Love it!
We're looking forward to seeing the pix of Lucas and his yellow belt. I bet he was really proud. He's such a neat young man.
It wonderful to see you guys making a difference in this little guys life- it's amazing what an impact this can have long-term. It reminds me of one of my favorite quotes, "you may be just one person but to one person you may be the world"
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