The Gift

Sunday morning after breakfast we got together for a time of fellowship. The theme of the weekend was "Cherish". All of us ladies got together and there was a pile of gifts in the center. Along with each gift was a little card. Each card had something to Cherish on it. The one I had said "Cherish Laughter", other ones said things like: "Cherish Growth", "Cherish Creation", "Cherish your Walk with a God", etc. There was a verse with each card that we read. One person would read their card and then it was open for anyone to share on that topic. There were fun little gifts for us to open that went along with the "Cherish Note". Brenda's card was on Cherishing growth and the gift she opened was a bag of dirt with some seeds.


Before we went away on the weekend Sherry had all of us fill out a paper. It had every one's name on it with blanks for us to fill in things we appreciated about each other. After the sharing time she handed out everyone a card with everything that the ladies said about them. (That is what the ladies are all holding.) It was very meaningful as we don't tell each other enough how much we appreciate each other. It was a nice end to the weekend. Our semester is soon coming to a close. It has been a really good year and it has been a priviledge to get to know these dear ladies. I look forward to some really good fun and fellowship as we do jungle camp together.