Maddy and I left at 7:30 a.m. to go with her GA (Girls in Action) Missions group to the Carmi Baptist Children's Home for the Home's annual Fall Festival. The GA group had make a baby blanket for the quilt auction, when they delivered to the auction stand after we arrived on the grounds. They then set up and manned from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. a Bubble Booth. The booth was a huge hit, even with teenagers and adults as they chose from the basic bubble blowing wands, some bigger multi-bubble wands, these neat "sword" wands that made giant bubbles, and some battery operated mega bubble blowers. We had people telling us that they were running into bubbles all the way across the grounds. There was a good breeze blowing and the millions of bubbles that were blown, drifting up, up, and away!
The group also got to tour one of the Home's cottages. And I'm not sure how many booths were set up, but there was a lot of games to play, a train to ride, horseback riding, and a variety of food, all of which was provided at no charge. Maddy came home with a backpack (that she won) full of other prizes she had won.
While Maddy helped her group man the booth, and taking turns going to check out all the fun with an adult, I helped at the food pavilion (all free). I helped a group of ladies "bun up" over 1,000 hamburgers and over 1,000 hot dogs to feed the crowd attending. As we were leaving at the end of the event, one of the ladies at the registration tent told me that they had registered 2, 071 visitors for the day!
It was a beautiful day for a missions project. Well done, Maddy!
Kenna, on the other hand, needed to be in a whole other town at 9:45 a.m. for her Tae Kwon Do Lil' Dragons' Graduation. So, Alan was a dear and got McKenna dressed in her official Lil' Dragon full uniform and off they went where Kenna earned her orange Lil' Dragon belt! Wish I could have been there! We'll get our CD of pictures from the photographer soon. Way to go, Kenna!
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