First I wanted to thank everyone who stopped by at Praise in the Park
in Klamath Falls. What a blessing it is to meet with others and share
about OCC and talk to those who already know and love this ministry!
I
had such high hopes for the day. I LOVE Praise in the Park.. what is
not to love??? Christians from all over the area gather together, across
church lines, to worship our God! The music and the dancing was
delightful... and it was so great to meet people in various ministries
from around Klamath.
I had PLANNED to have a craft for
kids to do at the booth... They could make a wordless book bracelet for
donating to the local packing parties and also one for themselves.
I
had literally THOUSANDS of beads sorted and ready to go. I had cords
cut. And the table arranged. I thought I had planned for everything! I
even had an alternate beading project for younger children. What I did
not plan for was the helicopter!
First, I did not know there WOULD be a helicopter. Second, I had no idea how much force a helicopter landing brings!
Can
you guess what happened????? Our tent tried to fly away... but WORSE
the table with all the beads on it went airborn. Oh My Goodness!!! Beads
went flying into the grass.
Kind people from all around came to help us right our stuff and people were crawling in the grass picking up beads.
THANK YOU to each of you!
After
that, with beads all mixed and bits of grass with it... I canceled the
craft. We had a good laugh about it. It seemed like a HUGE deal at the
moment but in reality when it was over it had only lasted 20 minutes
thanks to the kindness of strangers.
Whew.
I
guess God had other plans for the day. We still did OCC temporary
tattoos for kids who stopped by.. we still talked to a lot of people and
handed out info and invites. But we did not make crafts.
Maybe next year. Or... maybe not. :)
Rhonda, I am so sorry to hear about the beads, but it is wildly funny thinking about how your plans were derailed by a helicopter! You don't hear about that every day.
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