Women having FUN together!

Last night 18 of us women gathered together at Deligil, which is a natural foods restaurant that belongs to Delia and Gil, members of our church. We began by discussing "Una mujer conforme al corazón de Dios" (A Woman After God's Own Heart) by Elizabeth George. We are encouraging our ladies to READ - the average Mexican reads 1/2 book in a year (and usually less!), and we'd like to see our ladies read MUCH MORE than that! A very small percentage had read the book, and each of them received another book to read (FREE!), so we hope that next time we decide on a book to read, more will participate!

We then made small Christmas trees using tulle and sequins. None of us finished because it took quite awhile to cut and gather the material, but it was fun watching the gals help each other cut their tulle and spending time visiting as we cut and sewed and glued. Before we had finished, some dug into the goodies that several of us had brought along! Bethie and I provided a veggie plate with dip and a pumpkin roll that didn't work right and looked "not so pretty", but hey! It disappeared really quickly! Others brought quesadillas, pastries, spaghetti with green sauce and of course, coke (we GOTTA have our coke!). This was just the beginning of many Christmas activities planned for the next few weeks! Our calendars are full!

Ivonne giving us instructions. There you see a sample of the beautiful trees we made!

You can see Bethie behind the girls working away!