With a tip o' the hat to Aretha Franklin, I gotta tell you I am respecting Aileen more than ever these days. And I'm so glad she was back at church this weekend.

As I've mentioned here before, our little church started up Sunday School again after at least a decade hiatus and Aileen and I are having fun working with it. Along with singing, a Bible story, praying and play time, Aileen has been doing an English corner with the kids, too. They eat it up.

Well, last week, TEAM sent her to Taiwan to help translate for meetings between folks from HQ in Wheaton, and Japanese missionaries. So on Sunday, I inherited the English corner!

Can you say, "disaster" boys and girls? Good, I knew you could!

Where Aileen has flawless kiddie control and has them eating out her hand, and having a ball doing it, I had said barely three words when this cherub-faced four year girl hollered, "I hate English!" and every single kid there took off running in different directions screaming at the top of their lungs. Managed to herd them back together for another attempt at a simple game using English, which merely disintegrated into more pandemonium. There was nothing to be done, but laugh. The other adult leaders were in stitches, the kids were bouncing off the walls. Time to admit defeat and chase them all outside to let them play for the rest of the time.

And there she was today, that same wild bunch of kids just putty in her hands, eatin' it all up and loving English. I am married to an amazing woman.

Can you say, "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" boys and girls? Good, I knew you could!