Jenga.
There are little things a church can do to encourage a missionary family.Maranatha Church chose, among a number of other ways, Jenga.
At our Farewell Evening on June 21, each table of celebrators/mourners (:)) was given a few Jenga blocks and encouraged to write words of encouragement, remembrances, or anything else on them. Some chose the "anything else" category with things like "It's the 'little' moments that make life 'BIG'!!" or "Wear love everywhere you go!"; some chose remembrances of phrases I have repeated often: "have fun!" and "you are loved by God"; and still others had words of encouragement like "Be strong and courageous for the Lord God, my God, is with you" Maynard Wiersma and Ahilya Wiersma) or "You are always in our prayers" Alice VanderStoep and Hans Vander Stoep).
What a great gift this was to play and I am sure we will play it often. Stephen started a tradition of having the loser of the game point at someone else when the picture is taken. Though, to be honest, none of us lost. We all won.
There are little things a church can do to encourage a missionary family.Maranatha Church chose, among a number of other ways, Jenga.
At our Farewell Evening on June 21, each table of celebrators/mourners (:)) was given a few Jenga blocks and encouraged to write words of encouragement, remembrances, or anything else on them. Some chose the "anything else" category with things like "It's the 'little' moments that make life 'BIG'!!" or "Wear love everywhere you go!"; some chose remembrances of phrases I have repeated often: "have fun!" and "you are loved by God"; and still others had words of encouragement like "Be strong and courageous for the Lord God, my God, is with you" Maynard Wiersma and Ahilya Wiersma) or "You are always in our prayers" Alice VanderStoep and Hans Vander Stoep).
What a great gift this was to play and I am sure we will play it often. Stephen started a tradition of having the loser of the game point at someone else when the picture is taken. Though, to be honest, none of us lost. We all won.
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