The ladies of Calvary Chapel Boca del Rio invited the ladies of Tamazula and Alomito, neighboring communities, to come and celebrate this very special day. We began with a teaching on love and friendship given by Ana, one of the students from the School of Ministry.
After the teaching, there was a time of sharing and hilarious games -- and, of course, heart-shaped suckers!
Originally we had planned to prepare tamales for a special supper, but all of the ladies agreed that since we would have to make the tamales, we'd rather have carne asada (basically, BBQ beef -- but better.)
No Mexican party is complete without games! All the ladies participated in some of the most hilarious contests -- but since I was competing, sorry, no photos! ;^) We played Bible charades and races to pass a mandarin orange from one sister to the next using only feet. The ladies of Mexico definitely know how to relax and enjoy themselves -- they play as hard as they work!
Because of some very thoughtful Christian sisters in Oregon, and some very helpful missionaries from Washington, the church able to share gifts with some of the sisters. We put together little gift bags and had a raffle to give them out. It was a lot of fun to see their smiles!
At the end of the afternoon, Sister Yadira from Alomito pulled out her guitar and we began to sing praise songs. It was a wonderful ending to a fabuous day!
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