Mariah and I arrived early to help get things set up. The morning started with some wonderful praise and worship led by Miss Vicki. She encouraged us with hymns of thanksgiving to God and quotes from the Bible. Next we set up for craft time with Donna. After a prayer of thanksgiving she showed us how to make collage picture frames. I was delighted with the array of items she had: fake gems, necklaces, broken pieces of tile and plates, beads, buttons and other miscellaneous bits & bobs to choose from. I thought it was interesting how peoples personalities came out in their frames. Some frames were very regimented others were like mine a mixture of things. I was very impressed and liked all the frames. Once we cleaned up we shared a pot luck lunch together,visited together, then spent some time in prayer. We finished the morning with a fun ice breaker bingo game. The winner got to take home a cute little croton plant. By this time Mariah was more than ready to leave so we loaded up the van and headed home.
by Dean Hess