Pastor Conference Day 3 - Women's Event

The Wednesday afternoon of each conference we hold a special event for the women who have come to the conference, and we also invite women from Chacala to come as our ministry to them.  As in the US, and perhaps even more so in Mexico, the culture has not typically valued women as God does.  Thus, we make every effort to serve the women with a special time with gifts, encouraging teaching, a craft, some cake and refreshments to help them feel loved and valued.  We hope that with each conference some of the women can develop new ministries to the women in their town based on some of the events we have held here over the years.  We want to say a special THANK YOU to one of our ministry partners, Keely and her daughters, for buying all of the supplies for this year's craft which was to paint a terra cotta pot and make a pen/pencil holder out of these pots (pictures below).

Women with their gift bags and pots.

Colleen teaching about how we need to be "soft clay" in God's hands..

Ladies decorating their pots and making flower pens.

Lindsay Palomo giving away the floral arrangement to one of the women.

Ethan giving Maria Silva his painting that Maria won in the raffle.

Sydney giving her painting

Finished pots drying in the sun

Finished pots!  When they're dry we will fill them with beans and the flower pens the women made.