The sleepover (did I say sleep?! ;) ) made the weekend less stressful, believe it or not! It was rather cold in the gym... what a wild night! -- the wind, not the young ladies -- they were quiet before 12.
But it was very helpful for us to be able to start working almost
at the crack of dawn. :)
Putting the fruit centerpieces together on Saturday morning was lots of (fun!) work. "Many hands..." -- they did a great job!
a few of the helpers...
...and some of the guests.
After breakfast & singing, Rick Postma from Word & Deed ministries did an eye-opening presentation on the work that is being done in Africa, especially focusing on the Bangwa House. This home for young girls is located in Malawi, where there are about 1 million orphans in a country of 14 million people, mostly due to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. May the Lord do a mighty work in that needy land!
7 comments:
Thanks Sharon for taking all the pictures and for all your help!! I am so thankful for all the extra work you and the other ladies put in. We couldn't have done it without you. What a fun time was had by all. And it was really neat to hear about the Bangwa house.
Looks like we missed out on a good time and lots of delicious food! The fruit looks especially wonderful, my mouth is watering! Missing you all!
Thanks, Sharon, for sleeping there with the girls and helping out - what a great group! They did us proud :) I'm so thankful for the Godly examples our girls are surrounded by - "older" women taking these younger ladies under their wings and teaching them - exactly the Biblical model God wants us to use. Such fun!
Thanks for the pictures Sharon. Everything looks bright and cheerful and the fruit turned out nice! Thanks for taking that over for me!
Looks nice, it's too bad we had to miss it!
Yes, it's too bad you 3 ladies couldn't be there. :( Missed you all too...
and I forgot to mention on the post that the girls did a great job of decorating, cooking, serving, AND cleaning up afterwards -- and did it all cheerfully! Thanks girls! And a big thanks to Trish for all the organizing/planning you did! plus lots of thanks go to Liz & Jo, who worked so hard too... and to Cher (cooking all those sausages & baking muffins!) & Carole (Carole helped a lot on Saturday, before & after!) It was a joint effort! :) We especially are thankful to the Lord for blessing us richly that day & for giving such sweet fellowship in our church! He is good!
great pics shar! you exaggerate as to how much work i did though, i barely did anything!! a great time!! :)
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