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Fun Walk and other ways of proving insanity!
The day dawned grey and showery, usual weather for our 'Fun Walk' in Tonypandy.. never mind; the smiles on the faces of all who saw us brightened the day anyway! We began with worship, centred on prayers for Burma and China and Christian Aid's partners who are already at work helping people survive and rebuild their lives. Hearing the stories of those in such need was suitable inspiration to go into the streets and ask folk to contribute to Christian Aid's work.
As you will see from the pictures above we took a fairly light-hearted approach to our fund raising! Peter appeared as Hungary's answer to Elvis, although he would have passed as John Cooper-Clark (Punk Poet from Manchester); Njara was a Scotsman; Dahny and Michael were Lancelot and Guienivere - you can decide who was whom; Laura was a hippy and Sharon was the personification of Christian Aid. I went in the local uniform (pyjamas and dressing gown and I carried a teddy bear) as someone who was ready for bed. We raised the total of, (are you ready for this)? £347.23!!!!
Last evening we held the children's auction in cafe and raised the wonderful total of £25 and still counting. So far (and we've still gots lots to go) we've raised £487.38.
This week's bible reading on 1 Corinthians 13, which is all about love fits in perfectly with our desire to play our part to help make the world a fairer place. A very big thank you to our willing collectors and to everyone who has given their support!
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