Back from Egypt

No, I haven't been to Egypt. Angelita's granddaughter just got married to an Egyptian, and she brought back some traditional garb. One, a blue dress, was a gift from the groom's mother and sister. The other was also a gift. That is, if you call a gift something a street vendor gives you and then forces you to pay for it. At least she only had to pay one euro for the headdress. We just had to try them out:

I realize that it is a strange outfit, being that the dress is for a woman (and HUGE on me) and the headdress for a man. It just makes things more interesting!

La India

This summer, the youth from the federation of churches to which my church belongs will be going to Chennai, India to participate in some ministries begun by the local church there. This weekend there was a youth conference here in Madrid and I got to be involved in the stand (along with many others from the youth group) at the conference to inform about the trip and the materials they are bringing for the school kids at the children's home. Here's what we sold:

Along with the clothes (they will use the money to buy the clothes in India), we put together bookpacks with school supplies to take, and raised money to buy chairs for the church as well. I wish I had a picture of the stand, but I was horrible at taking pictures this weekend. Overall, youth at the conference donated some 4,000 euros!

The conference was wonderful, though tiring. It's the first time I've gone to a camp/conference as one of the leaders of a youth group. Nothing like having to scold for sleeping during messages, go look for straggling youth, and take care of those that aren't feeling that great. On the other hand, it was great to see the steps they are taking in their faith...moving closer and closer every day to God. And now, since I think I've gotten about 5 hours of sleep for the last few days, I am going to turn the lights off, pull down the blinds, put the earplugs in, and say goodbye to the world for at least 10 hours. Good night!!

Tamy's Birthday

Tamy's 27th Birthday

We celebrated the passage of another year in the life of Tamy with lots of homemade pizza, carrot cake, and plenty of giggling at nonsense. Happy Birthday!

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