God and the Zoo

Today, I took the four kids to the zoo. We had a great time! Bethany was enjoying a Beth Moore conference in McPherson so she was not with us. The weather was perfect as it was just the right temperature. The zoo was not very busy at all. We enjoyed our first tram tour. As we walked around, it was fun to see what different animal was most exciting to each child. Molly loves pretty much everything, but really likes the "big turtle" as she calls it. Mackenzie and Megan love the gorillas. Mitchell's favorite as always was the jungle or rain forest whatever you call it. I was really impressed with the new babies (zebra, giraffe, and vampire bat). It was hard to see the baby bat, but he (or she) was eating from a dish.

As we ate supper tonight, we talked about was everyone's favorite animal that God had created. I told them that as I walked around today, I was reminded about how creative and awesome our God is. Just to see the differences of all the animals really hit me today. Then we talked about how some people believe that we evolved from the monkeys. Immediately, Mitchell said "that's stupid!" The girls also found that hard to believe. So, we as parents will need to continually remind our kids what the Bible says about creation and to enter into discussions about creation vs. evolution throughout their growing up years.

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