A Day of Tea and Coffee

Wednesday, July 17, Buckner Romania hosted a tea for the mothers/grandmothers of the children at Point of Hope.  This was in preparation for the women’s ministry that will be held July 23-25.  Twenty-one ladies showed up!!  They were provided a snack as well as coffee and tea.  After some visiting with the teachers, Gabi (mission director for Buckner RO) read a story to them.  Our main focus on stories is the importance of education, and the mother’s role in helping their children stay in school.  When the story was done, we then offered the ladies a craft project – pillows.  They were given 2 square pieces of fleece that were laid on top of each other.  The ladies cut out the corners around the squares, then cut strips the length of their corner cut.  Once all sides were cut, they began to ties the strips.  Leaving an opening, they stuffed their pillows with batting, then tied the remaining strips.  Using the scraps of fabric, I cut a few heart shapes and offered them to the ladies.  They really like the idea, so I showed them how to fold a piece of material in half and cut a heart shape.  We also cut strips of fabric and tied bows.  One lady cut out the name of her daughter and glued it to her pillow.  They looked beautiful!!!  Everyone was involved and proud of what they made – so was I.  Wished I could have seen them walking home with their pillows.

So, what’s the importance of this gathering?  The next mission team is here, specifically for hosting a women’s ministry this upcoming week.  This meeting was to give us an idea of how many ladies to expect.  I’m thinking that there may be more, especially after the other mothers saw what they missed.  The craft project for next week – a wall hanging quilt that the moms/grandmothers/aunts/sisters make.  The quilt will hang at Point of Hope so that the children will see what their mom made.  I can’t wait to get started :)