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Our trip to TLC home<br />
By Bronwen Azar<br />
O n t h e 1 6 t h A p r i l 2 0 1 1 , T h e M a r o n i t e Y o u t h C o m m i t t e e w e n t o n a m i s s i o n a r y e x c u r s i o n t o T L C . I t w a s<br />
our first missionary excursion together and it was a great success.<br />
Two weeks before our excursion we were given a list of 43 children whom we were going to spend the day<br />
w i t h , f e e l i n g s o f e x c i t e m e n t a n d w o r r y h a d c r o s s e d o u r m i n d s - e x c i t e d , a s w e w e r e g o i n g t o m a k e t h e s e<br />
c h i l d r e n h a p p y a n d g i v e t h e m a d a y t h a t t h e y w i l l r e m e m b e r , a n d w o r r i e d , a s t h e r e w e r e s o m a n y c h i l d r e n o f<br />
different ages and so little of us.<br />
W e p u t o u r t h i n k i n g c a p s o n a n d s t a r t e d b r a i n s t o r m i n g i d e a s o n h o w t o m a k e t h i s f u n f i l l e d d a y f o r t h e k i d s ,<br />
b y t h e e n d o f t h e m e e t i n g , w e w e r e c o n f i d e n t t h a t t h i s d a y w a s g o i n g t o b e a d a y t h a t w i l l t o u c h o u r h e a r t s<br />
and fill us with warmth.<br />
During those 2 weeks everything fell into place and a very big thank you goes out to our<br />
P a r i s h i o n e r s a n d o t h e r p e o p l e i n t h e c o m m u n i t y w h o d o n a t e d h o t d o g s , j u i c e , p u r i t y , c e r e l a c , c h i p s a n d m i l o -<br />
t h i s w a s a h u g e h e l p a s a l l t h e f o o d c o s t s w e r e c o v e r e d a n d w e w e r e a b l e t o g i v e t h e c h i l d r e n a<br />
delicious lunch and there was still food left over for them to keep at the home.
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