Hi Everyone,Well, the second team came two days ago and things have picked up another notch as we continue going into the village, OLA, RCH and the Education Center. Yesterday was a wonderful day as both teams loaded into the bus and we headed out to the Education Center to do some last minute painting and cleaning, getting it ready for the dedication on Monday. Then mid-morning, we had another widow outreach.
We invited the widows to come to the Oasis Center where we had a seamstress ready to take their measurements as we are having a Nigerian dress for each of the widows made for them. The widows who have children or grandchildren that they are taking care of, were then taken to another area we had set aside that had benches filled with childrens' clothing that they could pick out clothes for their children.
After they had finished, women from the U.S. team would then pray for that widow. And as the morning went on, more and more children from the village kept coming and coming and pretty soon we had at least sixty children there, just playing and wanting to see what was going on. Diane's team had brought 150 little coloring books and small boxes of crayons, so they were handed out to each child and within ten minutes of giving them the coloring books, you could look out all over the property and every single child was sitting down somewhere and was coloring in their very own personal coloring book. Such a small thing for an American child, but here....a very big deal! Very soon, the dresses will be finished and we will deliver the dresses to the widows. What a great day!!! I'm finding that I'm really beginning to love these elderly women of the village. They all walked - many with staffs in their hands - and with smiles on their faces they receive whatever comes their way. We're so very very thankful that we were able to send a new dress their way yesterday! I suspect for most of them, it's been a LONG TIME since they've had any additions to their wardrobe (of maybe one or two dresses). Thank you Lord for Your love and provision for these women and that You allow us to be a part of Your plan for their lives!! Amen
We invited the widows to come to the Oasis Center where we had a seamstress ready to take their measurements as we are having a Nigerian dress for each of the widows made for them. The widows who have children or grandchildren that they are taking care of, were then taken to another area we had set aside that had benches filled with childrens' clothing that they could pick out clothes for their children.
After they had finished, women from the U.S. team would then pray for that widow. And as the morning went on, more and more children from the village kept coming and coming and pretty soon we had at least sixty children there, just playing and wanting to see what was going on. Diane's team had brought 150 little coloring books and small boxes of crayons, so they were handed out to each child and within ten minutes of giving them the coloring books, you could look out all over the property and every single child was sitting down somewhere and was coloring in their very own personal coloring book. Such a small thing for an American child, but here....a very big deal! Very soon, the dresses will be finished and we will deliver the dresses to the widows. What a great day!!! I'm finding that I'm really beginning to love these elderly women of the village. They all walked - many with staffs in their hands - and with smiles on their faces they receive whatever comes their way. We're so very very thankful that we were able to send a new dress their way yesterday! I suspect for most of them, it's been a LONG TIME since they've had any additions to their wardrobe (of maybe one or two dresses). Thank you Lord for Your love and provision for these women and that You allow us to be a part of Your plan for their lives!! AmenIn-joy,
Eileen and Crist
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