Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Fashion Show and Christmas Fun

Dear Friends,

After such a long time I have finally gotten around to bringing  you up to date on what has been going on. In July we headed home to Canada for a time of rest and itinerating. We want to thank all that made our stay such a time of fruitfulness. While we were home we were able to spend some time with Hannah who is now studying Early Childhood Education in Centennial College Toronto. I was also able to raise funds for the work here in India through Scarves of Hope. Thanks to everyone that hosted a party or women’s event. 

The beautiful models. 


One very special event took place on Nov 16th. The first ever “Scarves of Hope” fashion show. Held at our home church Highway Gospel Church Scarborough. This event was a huge success and so much fun! A big thank you to Emjay Duran, Fe Gatus and Niki Reindorf all our models and to all the lades that put in time and energy to make this dream a reality. 






Prasad opening the widows meeting with prayer.
We headed back home to India on Nov 20th and hit the ground running. December was fast approaching and we knew that there was little time to spare getting ready for all the Christmas events. 


On Dec we held our annual Widows meeting. Every year we gather our widows for a day to appreciate them and to show them we care and love them. What a lovely group of ladies and what a fun time we had. 


The ladies playing a game of hot potato. 




On Dec 18th we enjoyed the first of five Christmas concerts. After weeks of practice it was great to see all the children’s hard work pay off. We watched as the kids dance recited scripture verses and put on dramas. The audiences were made up of mostly non Christians so this is a great out reach to share the joy of the Christmas season with others. 

On the 24th we held our annual Christmas party at “Hope for the Children”  thanks to “Scarves of Hope” we had a great party. There was candy, toys, cake and of course fireworks. 





We rang in the new year with a New Years service and lots of fire works. 


Looking ahead to the months to come. Construction will begin again on the new church headquarters. God continues to provide finances in a miraculous way. Work had slowed down over Christmas because of the busy season. Now we are ready to move on again and to start the next phase. Please pray that all will run smoothly. 

In Him,

Prasad and Dawn