Last weekend Carol Summar Simpson was a guest on Misawa. Carol is known to have a big heart for women and an engaging way of presenting her message. Carol tours military bases as a Christian Comedian.
Misawa's PWOC board invited Carol to be our guest speaker in February. We chose to have dessert and drinks and make it a "Sweet Night for Wives of the Deployed". During the planning 7 of our10 board members were deployed spouses themselves. Twyla's heart of mercy and vision for deployed spouses made this event SHINE.
We envisioned a night of pampering for our spouses and HUMOR. What a blessing! It's good for the weary to laugh. We had 79 people in the building. Everyone was treated to a variety of decadent and elegant homemade desserts. Each woman had a pretty setting, flowers and a chocolate rose.
Carol shared the adventure of her trip from CA to Misawa. She had us laughing as we remembered our first impressions of Japan. She had some of us crying with her lessons learned from deployments..."I DO snore", "No matter how deep I burrow into the covers no one else will let the dog out", and more. She encouraged us to maintain faith on behalf of others through the story of the four friends who brought their friend to Jesus, doing whatever it took to get him to Jesus.
The deployed wives were gifted with a handmade pillowcase - Twyla rocks! These were made from Japanese fabric.
An event like this is a huge undertaking. Some baked desserts, planned for children, decorated, cut up desserts, set up tables and chairs, took down tables and chairs, advertised, served as tour guides and the list goes on. On behalf of Misawa PWOC Board, thank you to all who contributed to make this event a blessing to so many.
Our prayer is that each deployed spouse left feeling pampered, loved, supported and encouraged.
