ts made a banner for the 15 Year Anniversary Celebration. And we did Celebrate! Tables were set up in the Learning Center
courtyard for lunch, while the event took place outside the L.C. in tents rented for the occasion.
Our guest of honor was Nargis Manji, who operates an upscale
salon in a shopping center. She has taken in 6 of our girls and trained them in hairdressing and manicure/pedicure, sending some to Revlon School. Here Nargis is with Darlene and Charles and speaking about responsibility and learning to do quality work. She was very encouraging to the kids and Team, and she obviously appreciates the street ministry.
The students and Team working on the Celebration for several weeks, and their work was rewarded. Several friends of the ministry attended, including some preachers and the staff of Good News Productions, who have produced some of the music written by our own street kids.
The catering skills students baked 17 cakes so everyone would enjoy. Nargis and Darlene cut the cake together, and Nargis did what is a regular custom at big events here - she fed Darlene a piece of cake, then brought small pieces around to everyone in the speakers' tent.
Some of the girls sewed their own dresses for the occasion, and they looked great.
On Monday following the Celebration we talked after chapel about how good all of us feel. 30 former students came back for the Celebration, and it was a delight to see them. Some are married and have children. Most of them have jobs. And all of them were happy to see other former students and to see the Team. Some wrote letters which were read at the Celebration, expressing their happiness at being loved and cared for at Made in the Streets.
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Looks like the 15 year celebration was a great reunion. I remember well the 10 year celebration. That's where I first saw what MITS was doing. So much progress has been made during these last 5 years. GOD is good! All the time!
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