Thursday, 02 October 2008

• The Healing House in Kansas City.
  How Did It Happen??
  
  OK, so you can tell I haven't Zanga-ed in awhile...
  I think I just posted this picture, and only this picture.
  
  Now the scrambling begins to correct that little mistake.
  
  My good friend, Kendy, has asked for details. My Flemish friend, Miss Mahvelous Magali, has commanded me to update my blog.
  
  The good thing about writing it down is that people can walk away from it if they are not really interested and only asked about the trip out of politeness. You can stop reading anytime, and I will never know!
  
  Enough blabbering, already.
  
  Wednesday, September 24, I left for Kansas City with the 3 gals in the picture. It was an extreme privilege to serve with these gals. If you look at the picture, you will see we have a bit of an age range among us. 20s, 30s, and 50s.  We did get along, had lots of laughs, and it just went well.
  
  The Healing House is a recovery home for women who are drug and alcohol addicts. They go to The Healing House after they have been in detox/treatment or jail. The Healing House is different in that it is a Christ centered recovery home.  Believe me, it certainly is.
  
  God put our little team together. When Bobbie Jo, the director of The Healing House, was at our church in July, without any thought(so where did it come from?), I walked up to her and asked if she could use a small group of women to come and do some cleaning, or other work at the houses. Bobbie Jo bubbled with excitement and said they had been praying for someone to come and do exactly that.
  
  Later on in the morning, there was a woman standing at their display table who I was a friendly acquaintance with, and I just walked up to her and said, "Would you like to go to Kansas City?". Once again, there was no thought put into it. She is our 30-something gal on our trip.
  
  When I did start thinking about the trip, instead of just doing things impulsively, I went to our church's mission committee and talked to them. They instructed me to announce the opportunity at church and the first 2 ladies who committed would be able to go.  That is how the 20-something and the other 50-something ladies became part of the team.
  
  So, that is how God put this trip together. There will be more about the actual trip little bits at a time, like this.
  
  
  

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