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Greetings from Pasadena!
Another great day of decorating
floats. Our team decorated the Lutheran Hour float today.
It was amazing!! The float is BEAUTIFUL! We enjoyed
decorating with gerber daisies, roses, carnations and
Irises. The colors are a feast for the eyes. We worked
hard from 8-3. Everyone is really enjoying the
experiences. We meet many people and had great
conversations with people from across the US who came
together to decorate the floats and to proclaim the love of
Jesus through the float. It was such a treat to be the group
that put basically all the hundreds and hundreds of flowers
on the Lutheran Hour float. We enjoy working on other
floats too, but it is especially special to work on the
Lutheran Hour float. Our group (part of them pictured)
had the privilege of decorating the Lutheran Hour sign with
individual carnation petals glued on each letter and on the
border of the sign.
The judges came through at 12:30 for
their official first judging. Tomorrow they have the final
judging at 12:30. It is quite a process and very
interesting to watch the judges and their traditions. They
spend the same amount of minutes judging each float and as
they judge, no one is allowed to talk and then a little bell
indicates when the time is up and they move on to judge the
next float. It was cold today. Yeah….you are saying, “Poor
babies, you are in California.” J It rained. They leave
the doors open to keep the flowers cool and the wind swept
through.
We had planned to do some shopping, but
we decided to go to the hotel and warm up….no shopping for
us. Had three hours of down time, time to wash the
sweatshirts, eat at the Residence Inn and then had a group
gathering from 7:30 – 9:30 or so. We were working on one
more project for Saturday. Saturday, our group is going to
Skid Row to share Jesus, feed and offer clothing to the
homeless. Tonight, our project was to mark 100 New
Testament Bibles. We are “Phillip” in the Bible. By marking
the Bible with specific verses and statements about Jesus
and His plan of salvation, we are a Phillip to those who
will receive a Bible as Phillip was to the Ethiopian as he
explained what he was reading.
On Monday night we had ‘organized
chaos’ as we sorted HUNDREDS of items for the Skid Row
Project. Each of us came to California with a suitcase full
of health items, underwear, and /or school supplies. Two of
our team members drove to CA from IA with a car FULL of
mission items. The people who have the ministry on Skid
Row, Gerald and Kimberley, came to the Residence Inn on
Monday night and helped sort and count the items. Then we
helped them load all the neatly marked items into a truck
that will deliver the items to Skid Row on Saturday. What a
project!!
THANK YOU to the many of you who
donated items and money for this amazing
outreach.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gerald and Kimberley are VERY touched
by the generosity of the Iowa District West people who have
donated items and gift cards.
OK. It is late and I need to get to
bed. Leaving at 7 in the morning for our last day of
decorating and to enjoy the finished product. The Lutheran
Hour float was nearly finished when we left at 3.
God’s blessings and thank you for your
prayers. Ellie Menz |
