For the first time ever at the Kayenta Church of Christ or on the whole reservation...we hosted a ladies day. I can not even begin to explain how encouraging this event was for myself and the rest of the ladies in attendance. We usually attend events in or near Phoenix. So, one day we said, why can't we do this? A couple of the ladies, Beverly and Pat, had a strong interest in pulling this off and helped a great deal. Our theme was "serving others through the fruit of the spirit." We had 3 guest speakers from Oklahoma and Texas. I got connected to them through the website Come Fill Your Cup: http://comefillyourcup.wordpress.com/
If you have not been on it, it is an amazing website for Christian women. Kristy Huntsman is in charge of the "Missionary of the Month" section and I wrote an article for her a few months back. Erynn Sprouse is the founder and editor of the website. We gained great knowledge and insight from these 3 women.
We had lessons, door prizes, great singing, prayer, activities and delicious food. One of the highlights for me was a young teenager who I have recently been studying with and was baptized a couple weeks ago, Josslyn. She stepped up to lead singing (pictured above). Nykhona, a 6 year old, was also up there with Josslyn, leading singing. It was a true blessing! We had 44 ladies in attendance including several visitors! I was very encouraged to see some of our members bring friends and family!
One of our members, who is a manager at the Hampton Inn, organized the guys to prepare and serve lunch. What another amazing blessing to not have to worry about lunch and have the guys take the lead on this!
I believe that all the ladies were truly encouraged and uplifted. Many of them have never attended an event like this. They are already making plans to attend a ladies day in Cortez in a couple of weeks with no coercing from me!
