Saturday night when I went to bed (after our family dinner and private fashion parade), my heart filled with such sadness knowing that they were leaving the next day. I asked God to stretch out the hours on Sunday until they headed to the airport at 2pm. As you can read above, He did! I […]
Archives for October 2008
Sankofa – Looking Back, Walking Forward
Friday night, Oct 10th, was the big event: Sankofa – Looking Back, Walking Forward – a Fashion Narrative. It was indescribable! One thousand women filled the sanctuary, enthralled by the women’s beauty and captivated by their stories. Here are the two directors introducing the show, Mary from Kenya and Rachel from DC. Three women gave […]
Cliff hanging…
So sorry to leave you with a cliff hanger from my last post. I was going to continue the story on Thursday but life swallowed me whole that day and I didn’t get to before I left on Friday to go out of town. I was speaking this weekend at a women’s retreat in the […]
Just Where I Needed to Be
God’s plans for my time with the Amani women unfolded in ways that I couldn’t have planned. It was abundantly more than I had asked for or imagined. I had originally only signed up to be a hostess. I thought it would be great to meet some women from Africa and invite them to stay […]
When You Give a Girl a Steamer
After we finished praying, I sensed in my heart that God had another assignment for me. I headed back into the sanctuary foyer to see where my help might be needed. There I saw the a woman still steaming the models’ outfits. God gently whispered to my heart to find another steamer. I hadn’t heard […]