Some of you may remember the old song by We Five (I think it was) with words that went "Monday, Monday, so good to me! Monday, Monday, it was all I hoped it would be." Well, unless you're on vacation in a warm place right now, you might not say today is all you hoped it would be, but I'm trusting you are finding a lot of things in your life that you can give thanks for today. For me, one of the big ones is my dad's health. When I got home from church yesterday I got a call that Mom was taking him to the ER in McMinnville as he'd had a TIA (known in layman's terms as a mini-stroke.) I left the house three minutes later and met them at the hospital. Turns out Dad had taken a fall out at the lake on Saturday, hitting his head. So between the concussion and the TIA he'd gone through a period of confusion in the morning. They ran all kinds of tests and he checked out okay and was doing well except for extremely high blood pressure. But he was sent home late in the afternoon and is doing fine. As we all know, things like that grab our attention and remind us of how good even a Monday can be!
I've got some good news for those of you who won't be able to go to our retreat in April because of having babies to care for. I'm going to do something I did in the past, which is to offer a mini-retreat at my house on Friday, May 10th and Saturday, the 11th. I realize it won't be the same experience you'd have at the retreat, but it's a good alternative, and we'll cover the same material.. And you can bring your babies to this! It won't be a sleepover, but we'll meet here at Ashberry Lane for a potluck dinner together and have a teaching session that evening. Then the next morning you all can come back for breakfast and we'll have another session before lunch, followed by a session, some free time for games or the hot tub, and finish the final segment before sending you home for dinner. How does that sound? Cost will probably be around $10 a person to cover expenses. So, if you're interested in that, please let me know right away. I'd like to have at least four of five of you to make it happen.
Doing the Impossible, our retreat for this year, is filling up quickly. Remember, it's April 12th-14th at "our house" in Lincoln City. I only have 14 spaces left. (We're limited to 40 women by the contract for the house.) Cost is only $80 and once you give the money to me, that makes you registered! At that point you're able to select your bedroom/sleeping arrangements. At this time we're only accepting registrations from women who normally attend Wapato, in order to give our ladies first dibs at getting to go. But on Sunday, March 17th it will open up to your family and friends (if we still have space available.) So don't delay--turn your money in soon and don't get left behind because of procrastination! Arrangements for car pooling will be made closer to time, as we have a limited amount of cars we're allowed to have on the property.
We're doing something a little bit different this year. Remember how we always select Secret Sisters when we get to retreat? Well, we're changing that up a bit, as sometimes it's really hard to get a little something for them when you only have the weekend to do so. This time we're going to give you the name of your SS a couple weeks before retreat, so we'd like to have all the spaces taken by then. During the first week of April you'll be given a random name of someone who then becomes your Secret Sister. (Yes, you'll also have a paper with their info concerning likes and dislikes, etc.) This will give you time to do a little shopping ahead of time, or make them a homemade gift, etc, before going to retreat. Should make your time there even more relaxing. In a few weeks those of you who are registered will receive paperwork to fill out for information for your Secret Sister.
At our Bible studies last week, we only got through the first half of the lesson I was planning, so we'll be finishing it up this week. If you want to read through the passage before you come, my plan is for us to cover Luke 9:28-45. There's a slight possibility we'll go a little farther, but that's about as likely as waking up in Hawaii tomorrow morning! So join us at either Common Grounds, Wednesday at 6:30 PM, or at The Perk on Thursday morning at 9:30. We are having really special times together, and it's never too late to start attending. (Child care is provided on Thursdays.)
Our let's-just-hang-out-and-have-fun-together WOW activity for March will be a game night on Friday, the 15th. This is just a casual thing we do every year, meeting at the church at 7 PM for a relaxing evening of fun. You can even wear your jammies and slippers! Just bring a snack and game to share, and we'll have tables set up around the room so we can have different games going at the same time. Put it on your calendar now.
And now, to our first-ever WOW Want Ads! Last week I told you I'd be glad to post notices about anything you want to sell, give away, a service you need, or something you'd like to buy? Well, here's a few things to get you started:
~ The Paz family is looking for a Christian lady to watch our girls for
4 hours on Tuesdays and 2 hours on Thursdays during the day while
Nicole gets some work done upstairs. Our business is exploding and we
are in need of a little help from the right person. Interviewing now! (Nicole's number is 503-703-0069.)
~Sherrie Ashcraft (moi) is looking for an inexpensive washer and dryer to buy for use upstairs. (971-285-6699)
~The Ashcrafts are looking for two Christian young women who would want to rent upstairs. Our granddaughter Cassie will be moving in upstairs the middle of June, along with her toddler. She's looking for some gals to share the space with her. Rent will be lower than you'd probably expect, so if you know of a college-aged Christian woman who needs a rental, please contact us.
So there you have it! Anything you'd like me to post next Monday? If so, send it to me and I'll put it in the WOW-Zine next week. As we make our needs known, maybe we can help each other out!
Sherrie Ashcraft, Women's Ministry Director
sherrieashcraft@yahoo.com 971-285-6699
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