Well, on behalf of all the local farmers, we are thankful for the steady rain today. Trying to host an outdoor, community event in the steady rain, however, proved to be a bit of a challenge. The rain hit this morning strategically at just the "right" moment, after everything had been staked into place and the fun was scheduled to begin.
We huddled in the gazebo to stay dry, not sure of what to do.
Guests were coming, however, and somehow we had to figure things out. SO, thank God for the Family Life Center! We decided, we'd host lunch and face-painting indoors, while the rain moved on through.
We had a center full of happy (and maybe soaked) faces! God is GOOD!
Cindy and Jacob did an amazing job with the face-
paint!
Check out our Avatar; isn't that neat?!
Thank you to Gary and Lis for heading up the lunch, to all of their helpers, and to all who donated food! Helen Brown, your snicker doodles were a HIT!
After lunch, the rain paused!! A crew ran out to inflate the bounce houses, and we were able to go have some outdoor fun after all. And again we say it, God is GOOD!!
Here's Jessie and Gatlin, getting the water out of the obstacle course for us.
Jousting was a hit, no pun intended. Here's Sarah Flanagin pulling out her mad skills. :)
Go Michael and Mark!
Nikki held her own, but she was no match for Tim. :)
Thank you to these two for putting in so much hard work for today. Nikki did such a great job in pulling everything together!
The kids had so much fun on the obstacle course! And actually, so did some of the adults!
Andy and I did joust, and you can see who won.
But you can also see who got the final word. ;)
Truly, God bless every one of you who prayed, contributed, and worked for this event. We fought through the challenges and many were blessed today! Praise God!
