Yesterday eleven Asha’s Refuge volunteers gathered at the Church at Schilling Farms to do a really big collating project.  This project was offered to us by friends as a way to raise some money for Asha’s Refuge.  Rather than hire  people to collate 1,000 hospital forms with 25 different forms, Wandra and Fred asked if we would like to do the project with them donating the earnings to Asha’s Refuge.  The idea met with a wonderful response from our volunteers who worked for about 6 hours to complete the project.  While it was a lot of work, Wandra and Fred had everything organized so well for us and taught us a great technique for building each set of forms.  The team of volunteers spent the day walking in a circle around a set of long tables covered with forms.  There was a lot of laughter and joking as we worked and I think everyone enjoyed the challenge and the time together.  The group included Fred and Wandra, Jamie, Mary Lou and Lloyd, Sheila, Elaine, Haley, Gary, Laure and me, Deborah.

We really appreciate Fred and Wandra giving us this great opportunity to earn some ministry money which will be put to good use serving refugees. It was our first effort at this sort of fundraiser and our volunteers really rose to the occasion.  I enjoyed hanging out with the team and working together, and appreciate that thetime each person sacrificed to do this.  I am so impressed with the awesome team God has brought together to serve refugees under the banner of Asha’s Refuge.  They are the best!