Justice pie day was simply wonderful… a bit chaotic but wonderful! Just over twenty people showed up to help on Saturday. We started off the day with a prayer, for justice, for freedom for the slaves, for the International Justice Mission and for community to grow and flourish amongst us. My kitchen was definitely too small so people took turns with baking. The kids were so eager to help – that was a joy to see! When not baking, the adults hung out on the deck and the kids went swimming, played a wild game of “Jail Break” in the basement (not sure where they came up with that one!), “Twister”, and that old favourite: hide and go seek. The teens watched TV, read books (Agatha Christie!), played the board game "You Know You're a Redneck When", texted their friends and hung out with the rest of us. To help people learn about modern slavery, we watched the video from the IJM called “We Were Free.” Unfortunately, things got so chaotic that we forgot to take many pictures but I have posted a few from early in the day.The power went out for most the day but we pressed on. The team baked one strawberry-rhubarb (there were bidding wars on that one!); two peach (again, bidding wars!); nine raspberry; six apple; five blueberry and various other pies for a grand total of over 30 pies! After baking, the group had a potluck supper together and sat around talking until after the sun had long set and the stars had come out. It was a wonderful time of love, service and community. I’ll mail our donation of $300 to the IJM this week and I hope it will be a lovely surprise and a blessing for them and the awesome work they do. I would like to end the Justice Pie Project with a prayer and a song:
Here is the same simple prayer that we first started this project with: “Dear Jesus, we want to do something to help people in need. Please help us and bless what we are doing.”
I would like to end our project with the song: Amazing Grace sung by Chris Tomlin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghZfnQxUhzQ. Turn up your speakers!
Wishing you all to be ever-surrounded by the grace, love and peace of Jesus Christ.
