Video Party

Saturday, Judy invited the ladies of the Tumba and the Kopsip churches to come to our house to see a video on HIV/AIDS. We had just received some wonderful boxes of goodies from Karen Comstock, who along with her husband Ray, served here as volunteers for a bout a year and a half. The box contained a large supply of craft kits to make some manger ornaments. Making the ornaments involves gluing gotether a lot of popcycle sticks and toung depressors and other items. So Judy thought that with the Christmas season here, we should make ornaments for each lady. She was expecting about 30! She got the idea about 2 hours before the ladies were due to arrive. So she had to recruit some help to get the ornaments made. Guess who that would be!

So we created an assembly line, and ground out 26 ornaments. Judy figured that while the ladies were watching the video, she could make a few more. Fortunately, only 13 ladies and 2 babies showed up. Well, unfortunately, for the possible influence of the video, but the ornament crisis was averted.

I slipped away before the guests arrived to practice some music for the English worship service that whe have on the first Sunday of the month. When I slipped in the back door, the video was near the end. It's a sad story, and the ladies cried. Paster Elis, of the Tumba church lead a discussion, and then a time of prayer. All of the ladies cried out to God in unison for their families, their communities and their nation.


Each of those ladies knows someone who has AIDS or who has died. They have all heard stories, if not witnessed first-hand the terrible way that AIDS victims are often treated here.

When the prayer time was over, Judy served tea and brownies, and passed out the ornaments, much to the ladies' delight. All in all, a very successful afternoon.
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