A Valentine's Day Treat!
Last week we had another pizza party with last week's group of
volunteers that was serving at the Bible Home. It was really special
because it fell right on Valentine's Day! Unlike “Single's
Awareness Day” in the States, Valentine's Day here is celebrated as
“Love and Friendship Day.”
So during the pizza party, every house
had the opportunity to give a brief presentation and a little
creative something to the members of another house: a homemade card,
a balloon, a piece of candy, etc. We also had our own Cupid who
gave us paper so we could write special messages to one
another. We then read them in front of everyone. It was really fun
and sweet to have siblings send sweet greetings to one another, a boy
write to his former house mom, the married couples write notes to
each other, a little boy tell an older boy he's his best friend,
friends send love to one another, find out who the 6th grade heart
throb is, and for Pam (my friend and former supervisor) send a note
to bless me! One of the sweetest messages came from one of the house
dads. He composed a song for the 11 boys that live in his house, and
it almost had me in tears. He sang how he loves them (even though
they make him angry sometimes) and it was truly beautiful. You can
pray for him and his wife since he had an accident not long ago and it's pretty hard for him to get around with a bum
knee.
May God fill our hearts, lives and relationships with love each day!
Carrie
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