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| Students gather for evening sharing in the open area in front of senior dorm. |
For more than 100 years Harford School for Girls, Moyamba, Sierra Leone has prepared girls to be whatever it is they envision for themselves. One of the greatest aspects about being part of United Methodist Women is in knowing that when 800,000 women put their hands together (and make a Mission Pledge), women and children are lifted. Even though our time in there was short with the late Friday afternoon arrival, it was well worth the ride on the bone shaker road just to visit one of the girl's schools that has historically been supported by United Methodist Women. What a treat it was just to be on campus.
With limited time there and being a bit of a night owl, Bonnie and Cindy shared a craft activity that had been an activity for the preschool. We decided to teach the Senior girls who had been assigned to stay with us and make sure we were safe the story of the candy cane and to make a candy cane Christmas ornament. These girls loved the activity and interchange (the camera card that has that set of pictures "got lost" so we do not have record of our fun evening). We ended our evening with taking photos and printing them out in various sizes for sharing with family and friends. That too was a big hit. The photo shoot was squeezed in before the generator ran out of petro.
Saturday morning brought all the girls out to gather the water and prepare for laundry day. A beautiful sunny day guaranteed the clothes and bedding would be dry in no time.
And before noon Princess finishes the job with doing a bit of ironing on the front porch of our guest house.
One project that we hope will soon be accomplished at Harford is to acquire a large generator so that the office computers can run without interuption. We are hoping that UMW will be able to use some of our pledge dollars to fund this request.
Valparaiso 1st UMW has just sent through the UMW channels $1,000 to be used however needed by the Harford School staff. The UMW resale shop (with nearly 100 volunteers) had a huge year and in addition to $13,500 for 2012 Mission Pledge they had extra funds to share with many ministries at the end of the year. Blessings all around.
Please refer to the June 2011 issue of Response magazine for more information about Harford and the girls who become family through living and studying there.
With limited time there and being a bit of a night owl, Bonnie and Cindy shared a craft activity that had been an activity for the preschool. We decided to teach the Senior girls who had been assigned to stay with us and make sure we were safe the story of the candy cane and to make a candy cane Christmas ornament. These girls loved the activity and interchange (the camera card that has that set of pictures "got lost" so we do not have record of our fun evening). We ended our evening with taking photos and printing them out in various sizes for sharing with family and friends. That too was a big hit. The photo shoot was squeezed in before the generator ran out of petro.
Saturday morning brought all the girls out to gather the water and prepare for laundry day. A beautiful sunny day guaranteed the clothes and bedding would be dry in no time.
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| When we woke, girls were already at work gathering water. |
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| Clothes are laid out on the lawn to dry by the sun. |
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| Ironing??? A teenager??? Humm.... |
And before noon Princess finishes the job with doing a bit of ironing on the front porch of our guest house.
One project that we hope will soon be accomplished at Harford is to acquire a large generator so that the office computers can run without interuption. We are hoping that UMW will be able to use some of our pledge dollars to fund this request.
Valparaiso 1st UMW has just sent through the UMW channels $1,000 to be used however needed by the Harford School staff. The UMW resale shop (with nearly 100 volunteers) had a huge year and in addition to $13,500 for 2012 Mission Pledge they had extra funds to share with many ministries at the end of the year. Blessings all around.
Please refer to the June 2011 issue of Response magazine for more information about Harford and the girls who become family through living and studying there.
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