Relief

We worked at the Mennonite Relief Sale tonight at the Interstate Center. We waited/bussed tables for the chicken dinners. I've been helping at the sale since back in the days when it was held at Expo Gardens in Peoria. This year is the sale's 50th anniversary. I'm not a big benefit auction person, but its always fun and interesting to attend this big one. You see and meet all kinds of people from old grade school classmates (of course we are old now!) to other old farmers. We watched "Cousin" Clark start the auction and you can here the auctioneers cry above the crowds as you cruise the booths selling handmade and homemade items from around the world. But the big draw for me is the variety of food available. The smells wafting through the air in different areas of the hall entice you to overeat - which I did! After my chicken dinner, and a sightseeing trip, the ice cream line is where we head. I even got to share some of daughter #2's cotton candy. A trip through the dutch market adds to the experience. And we always have to stop for a dozen or two fresh homemade donuts for our Saturday breakfast before we head for home.

The important thing is that a lot of money is raised to help needy people locally and worldwide, and that there are a lot of people who care.

Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:
Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. Acts 11:29,30