Bethany

Off to a banquet for Bethany Christian Services. will let you know more about it when i get back

[Update] The banquet was incredible. bethany was celebrating 1000 children adopted into families in the deleware valley area. very moving stories from a woman who had given her child up for adoption at age 16, several families who adopted children through bethany, and children who had been placed in adoptive families. and yes, we gave money (that was the point of the evening, after all). the banquet came at the interesting time in our lives where God has been reminding us that all we have is his and our call is to respond to his giving of himself by giving away what he has given us.
amid all the political rhetoric that's flying about and annoying most of us, it was refreshing to hear stories of grace and be reminded that Jesus is transforming all of creation, including how people experience family.
speaking of how people experience family, we ended the evening by going out for some low-carb ice cream with our house-mates.