Women's Christmas Event

I had been throwing around the idea of doing something special for the ladies in Nusfalau. It wasn't til I mentioned my thoughts/ideas to Hayley, a lady who was here in October with a team that I decided to do something. I talked with Hayley and she brought it before the ladies at her church. They ended up sponsoring 30 ladies for the event. What a blessing!! This really encouraged me with planning this event. I spent about a month searching for little things for their gift bags. I talked with Pastor Daniel and he was excited about the evening too. We planned out how we wanted the evening to go.

Little did I know all that God had planned for the evening. I had prepared 30 gift bags, had 30 scarves and had 20 Christmas glasses. So I was prepared for 30 ladies and Daniel had said that for sure 15-20 would come so I felt prepared. I had gone over my message time and time again wanting to share about God's gift of salvation so I was ready. I went an hour early to prepare the room how I wanted it to look.

Then 10 minutes before our start time the ladies start showing up. Now normally I am waiting a good 15 minutes for them to come but on this night they were early and they just kept coming in. I started counting but kept losing count. I started getting nervous and I was waiting on Daniel, his wife and his daughter, Alexandra to come. I had set tables nicely for about 25 though prepared to move things around if more showed but in fact I was making trips upstairs to get more seats and benches for them.  I was amazed at the turnout but also so overwhelmed because I didn't have enough gifts for 60 ladies. YES that is right I said 60 ladies. The pictures below don't even do justice with how packed we were in the room but it was a sweet time and I was truly blessed. Pastor Daniel shared a few words and opened the evening in prayer then I shared about God's gift of salvation and how He wants each of us to accept it. We then sang a few Christmas carols and had cake and snacks. Between all the passing out I was still worried about how to handle giving the gifts out but Daniel had an idea and it worked perfectly. Everyone left with something!!! What an amazing night and it would have not been possible without the lovely ladies from Powdersville First Baptist Church.

I pray that the ladies heard the truth of God's love for them and were blessed by this evening. Below are some pictures from the evening.