Thailand Adventure: Valentines afternoon Outreach Party at the Hope Centre (by Carol S.)

VALENTINES AFTERNOON OUTREACH PARTY at the Hope Centre (by Carol S.)

Friday evening was a Valentine’s Party at Hope Centre and we wanted to set up up a cookie decorating table. So to prepare for this, Yvonne and I went to the centre in the morning to bake about 8 dozen heart-shaped cookies for the party.

Yvonne

Danae

Carol

Emily outside the Hope Center

The freshly baked cookies

Carol & Danae - getting supplies? or iced coffees (essentials!)

New friends: Josie, Irene, Carol, Danae, Mei, Jessica, and Kara

That evening the youth, mostly young girls, rotated through a series of fun events including the cookie decorating. We even had a few unusual participants like one of the songtao drivers and some of our own group. I guess everyone loves a cookie. Well maybe not. Thai people are not really accustomed to this kind of food, so some were a little hesitant to taste their works of art.

The girls decorate copies of the Love Chapter (1 Corinthians 13)

making friendship bracelets

Donna is enjoying the evening

Judy & Mei work on a bracelet

Josie leads the girls in bracelet-making, while Allen looks on enviously :)

Yvonne & Carol get the decorating going

exciting to have so many girls attend!

Delores & Allen

Janelle plays Jenga

Plenty of smiles as Shane & Jonas lead Valentines Bingo!

Pastor Naat speaks

Somchai is not so sure about these cookies :)

This was beautiful to see: P'Chin, from Bethel, takes this opportunity to start
explaining the Bible to Somchai, who has just accepted Christ

Shane gets in on the cookie action

We tried to include ESL opportunities with all our projects. So with cake decorating we would practice the colors of the icing, the shapes of the decorating tips, etc. Of course for Valentines we used the word “love” often. I loved being with the girls. I guess that comes from being a mom of 3 daughters. It was a wonderful evening with all of them.