Elgin Christian Development Corporation

Community Baptist Church has started a new ministry called the Elgin Community Development Corporation. This non-profit organization works to make our west Elgin neighborhood a healthy, safe and connected place to live.

Even though the ministry is just beginning, we are already seeing God work on our behalf. A few highlights follow:

• a woman from Kosovo who is expecting a baby has been helped by the ECDC. Last week she attended church for the first time.
• A young girl in the churches Kids Club ministry, which Claudia directs, choose a Bible over toys, games, puzzles and candy. We pray that she will continue to choose God in her everyday life. And we as a church are committed to supporting her.
• When people come to the church for emergency needs like money for rent, food etc., they are being referred to the ECDC for holistic help with budgeting, setting goals and life planning.
  

We are excited to see what God is doing in our neighborhood!

Big Boy Bath!

Toys in the tub

Ben in his bath seat

Sofi and Ben love the bath

These are just a few cute photos of Ben's first big boy bath. He really enjoys tub baths over the ones in his baby bath tub. Sofi and him do great in there together. As he gets older it is so much fun to see them playing more and more together as brother and sister. Nobody can make Ben laugh like Sofi does.

They other day we were at a friends house and Sofi saw their big dog. She said, "Grab Ben, let's go!" It was so cute to see that even thought she was afraid her first concern was for Ben. I told her not to worry. This particular dog is more afraid of us than she was of it.

Curious About Sofi's 3rd Birthday?

Sofia blowing out the candles!

Sofi's favorite new book

Tiss and Sofi decorating her cake

Sofia turned three years old on February 12th. We had all our friends and family over for a Curious George themed birthday party. It was a ton of fun and we could tell that Sofia was so proud of herself and so excited to be having her own birthday party. She had a list of requirements for her party and thankfully non of them were too hard to meet. Sofi wanted party blowers, goody bags, a pinata and party hats. When we were putting together the goody bags she exclaimed, "My friends are going to be soooo happy!" She was definitely excited about all her presents but it was great to see that she was thinking of her friends too!

She also requested that we make her birthday cake and that it had to be chocolate. Our friend Tissanie came by and we all decorated it together. It was really fun to do it ourselves.

We can't believe Sofi is already three years old! What an amazing blessing.