A couple of weeks ago, we started working on two projects: The book on the left is a "new" songbook for our services. We began using the songbook this past Sunday and they really add a nice touch to our services having a nice looking songbook in French. In the future, we will eventually invest in an actual French hymnal, but for now, our homemade book will work great! The brochure on the right is a French brochure that we put together and is an invitation to our Sunday morning Bible study. It is titled, "Do you have any questions?"
This is the inside of the brochure that includes highlights of why someone should come to our Bible Study, our contact information, a picture of our family, what to expect if you were to come to our Bible study, and our home church's slogan of, "Where the Bible comes alive!"
This is the back section of the brochure where we placed the statement, "Yes, there are answers to your questions." We will begin this Wednesday on our Christmas Campaign. We are going to go Christmas Carolling around the island. We will be singing two Christmas songs in French and then we will be giving out a "gift" from our family. The gift will be a packet that includes a brochure (the one above), a French Gospel-tract (God's Simple Plan of Salvation), a homemade Christmas potholder (showed below), and a french copy of the Gospel of John and Romans.
These are the homemade Christmas potholders that Kami and the girls have made. There are three different kinds and they turned out very nice.
On the potholder, we included the Bible verse Isaiah 9:5.
Also, for families that we know really well, Kami has made a special "Shopping Bag". Here, at the stores, there are no plastic/paper bags available for shoppers. You must bring your own re-usable shopping bags of which you can purchase from the grocery stores. We bought several and Kami cut them apart. Using the pieces from the plastic shopping bag, Kami made personalized, quilted shopping bags that have the plastic bag as a liner inside. She put the initial of the first name of the lady of the home on the bags.
So far she has made two and has at least 8 more to go. I was told that I am going to help her finish some of them today, so I guess I'd better go check in with her and get my "orders of the day!"
