A glorious celebration

A Glorious Celebration
I am still basking in the afterglow of what was one of our happiest sewing celebrations ever. As I write today, it is pouring the rain that we expected yesterday when we held our first of two graduations for this year in lovely sunshine. This matched the mood of our class as more than 60 of us enjoyed barbecue, my July 4Th. Then we danced to songs sung by the class and especially our guests from Sweet Home Farms, another township whose three women finished their course work, thanks to a scholarship from Evangeline and in cooperation with The Warehouse ministry. The best moment for me was when Rev. Joy Klimbashe, pastor to the women in Sweet Home Farms explained how much the community would benefit from the three girls who completed their program and received new sewing machines. "It is not three women you have helped, but all of us," he said. Already Christina, one of the ladies had begun to teach others what she had learned and wants to invite teacher Namgamso to come over and help them even more. This is our goal, for each one to teach one or more and multiply the benefits, just like Jesus did with the loaves and fishes.
As we ended with hugs and tears we sang one final song, Siabongya, or thank you Lord.