Today we took Matheus to church....it was his first day here so I was trying to be careful not to overwhelm him.....but he jumped right in. He is such a great kid. Our new church family was wonderful as they all welcomed him with open arms.
Many folks came up and introduced themselves to him that Tommy and I had never met....which was an opportunity for us to get to know more of our new church family. Joe introduced Matheus in the service and the children even made him a card and presented it to him during children's church. It was really neat!
The youth had a end of summer pool party today and he was invited. He said he would think about it....we made an effort to introduce ourselves to the couple who was hosting the party and to find out where they live....it turned out to be close to where we live. We told Matheus it was totally up to him....we came home and had lunch and discussed what our options were....as we had also discussed going shopping for some clothes and a computer....and he said he would like to go to the pool party.
So we went....he said he would like us to go with him initially and once we saw he was comfortable, we could leave if we wanted to or we could stay...it would be up to us. We didn't wear our suits...which was a mistake....as we thought the youth would be the only ones swimming.
It turned out to be a great afternoon. We got to know some of the folks at Grace Place much better and Matheus had an opportunity to chat with the youth leader, Brent, and some of the kids.
A lot of the boys/men were going off the diving board and having a belly flop contest which Matheus did not participate in but he watched with great interest. He talked with some of the girls and swam and interacted.
We came back home and he talked with his mom a bit via phone (really more like walkie-talkie) and we had dinner and chatted some. He shared his goals about getting a computer and we decided to go shopping in Winston tomorrow so that we can go by and watch the soccer team playing at Forbush. He is supposed to start practice on Tuesday with the team so it would be great for him to meet the coach and some of the players.
Tommy explained to Matheus that he would likely have to participate in practice for a week or so before he could play in a game so he probably can't play in the game on Wednesday at PHS. He shared that he needs to get some shin guards and socks tomorrow and we made a plan for where is the best place to look for a computer.
We also discussed our scheduled meeting at West Caldwell on Friday to get his schedule set up and how we have purchased a membership at Phifer Wellness Center for all three of us so he can work out here whenever he wants. He has an appt on Friday to get his evaluation there as he has three free sessions with a trainer as part of his membership. He seemed to share openly as he asked a few questions....we made a plan to go over the AFS questionnaire on Tuesday morning as everyone agreed this would be a better time since we were all wiped and needed to get to bed early since we were traveling early in the AM. Matheus was given positive feedback regarding his willingness to jump right in today and he stated that he had a GREAT day!
This is going to be FUN!
Special Thanks to Stephen and Sara Smith for inviting us and hosting the youth....we can't wait to get to know you guys better!!!
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