Monday, August 1, 2011

Monday In The Park

 Today Jenn Pituck, Judy Terhune, Lisa Werner, Kathy Kishbaugh and Joe Boechetti arrived for the weekly cookout aka "Monday in the Park."  And God was faithful in that He had someone in mind all along to work besides us this week. The Guerrette Family from Biddeford, Maine are also here to serve. The family consists of Mom, Dad, 1 daughter and two sons.  And, if I do say so myself, we made quite an impressive group which made today a complete success.  But just to remind everyone of some of the different backgrounds people have in this area, this is the week of Ramadan.  It is a time when most muslims fast.  So, today in the park we were missing quite a few people and that is because they are of the muslim faith.  We still had a large crowd but I noticed that the usual number of people (particularly kids) were not there.  But a good time was had by all.  Lisa Werner and Kathy Kishbaugh organized a table under a shaded tree to paint nails on all the girls who wanted it done.  Which included....well...all of them!  Judy Terhune and Lisa also helped out at the food tables by handing out hotdogs and hamburgers and putting the toppings on them for the kids.  Jenn Pituck was in the playground area having a rousing good time with all the little ones.  She is quite the expert at bubble blowing and swinging jump ropes.  Joe walked around and talked to all the kids.  He was quite moved by some of them and told me he thought they were all "very sweet kids."  I agreed with him.  The highlight of the afternoon was when a camera man showed up from channel 6 (NBC) news in Portland.  He was there conducting interviews because the Root Cellar lost a large portion of their funding through the United Way.  So, this is something we all definitely need to pray about.  That God will start to open doors that will restore the funds the Root Cellar lost.  I got some nice shots of the team and the kids but there is one picture I want you to watch out for.  Two of the ladies allowed the girls to paint their nails some pretty wild colors.  I took a picture of their hands.  Can you guess which members of the team they belong to?

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