Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." When he placed his hands on them, he went on from there.
For the second year we were privileged to serve our community and the children living in Armutlu through a summer program. We provided sports, art, and English lessons to the children. The goal of our time with the neighborhood children was to show unconditional love as an incarnate witness of Jesus' love for all of us. Thanks to our teammates and the volunteers from Cornerstone Community Church in Iowa, for providing a time of love and fun for the children in our neighborhood. We pray it will provide 'open doors' to proclaim the name of Jesus to our neighbors. Thanks to the rest of you who provided prayers for our ministry in our neighborhood.
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The birthday girl, Ashley, the Queen, sat on her royal, pretty, pink throne with a crown on her head, her pretty flowers behind her on the table.
Ashley invited 6 friends. The party was very international. There were 2 Americans, 2 Koreans, and 2 Turks that she invited to the party.
Ashley decided that she was the "Queen", her friends were the "princesses" and Ashley Thain, Brianna, Carissa and Austin were the "servants". They dressed up like princesses, put makeup on, painted their fingers and put on "patik" slippers. They had pizza and pink lemonade. Afterward, we opened presents and had chocolate cake with pink dye colored "Krem Santi". Then only the two Americans slept over at our house. The girls had a great time at Ashley's party.
