Smiles at the hospital

Yesterday our whole family went to a hospital to sing to lots of kids who we thought had cancer. My brother brought some juggling balls, but I thought at first that we were going to sing for a bunch of old people, so I didn’t bring my Chinese yo-yo. but for some reason I brought my soccer ball that I had gotten for Christmas. arriving at the hospital, we were surprised to find that no one there actually had cancer, there were just an assortment of kids with fevers and other sicknesses. We sang, juggled, beat boxed, slap boxed and Renae played the flute and dad played the banjo and Nathan played the guitar. My dad had other little children play the banjo, (strumming) and many faces were lit up with a smile that night. On the way home we stopped by and got falafel’s (big sandwiches) and interviewed the Messianic Jew who invited us in the first place. It was a great experience for us and great fun for the kids at the hospital.

Here’s some history from dad: Update:
The hospital we went to in late December was in the town of Ashkelon. On January 4, 2008 the Islamic Jihad, fired a Katyusha rocket from Hamas controlled Gaza that landed in northern Ashkelon, a city of 120,000 people. Militants likely acquired the 122 millimeter rocket from Iran, and smuggled in through Egypt. They have used this type before in attacks hitting southern Ashkelon. The rocket landed in an open field and did no damage, but it traveled more than 10 miles, the farthest of any rocket so far from Gaza, the Israeli police said. The Katyusha has a range of up to 13.7 miles. There are thought to be fewer than 20 of them in Gaza. Most often, Hamas fires Qassam rockets at the western Negev Israeli town of Sderot. Palestinians in Gaza launched seven Qassam rockets this past on Friday.