Ivonne, who I work with, has a daughter Gaby who is getting married on March 22nd, so we had a shower for her! I started out badly, forgetting to give half the ladies the invitations at church the week before, so I had to call most of them! So, I wasn't expecting too many. Well, 31 of us crowded into what we THOUGHT was Grace Becker's large living room dining room - it isn't THAT large! Close company! Plus 4 toddlers, plus a teeny baby! And it was our pleasure to see two of Ivonne's sisters in law, plus an aunt, plus a niece join us. They are not believers, so we trust our fun evening was also fun for them, showing them that we Christians CAN have fun!
We began with a very nice talk by Bev Kendal expressing the need to build our marriages on THE foundations, Jesus Christ. We then played a lot of silly games. One picture above shows the ladies "making" wedding dresses out of paper. Of course, once they were done, the judges judged, NOT the dress, but how neatly each one opened her envelope that contained the paper! They had fun anyway! Gaby received some very lovely gifts. We missionaries all went together and gave her a set of pans, utensils, cutting board and knife - Ivonne told me later that Gaby NEVER DREAMED of having something so nice! We were thrilled with the special FUN evening and thank the Lord for the opportunity to do it! Just a few pictures to show you our fun evening.
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