Small World Tapestry

Congratulations to the leadership of Tapestry for collecting such a large gathering for their Spring Brunch and Quilt Show! I showed up just as it was breaking up so as to chat with the speaker, Victoria Robinson of Sierra Vista, and we had a great reunion! Victoria and I taught together at Shiloh Christian School in Sierra Vista in the late '90's before we both moved away. I had not seen her since she and her chaplain husband moved back a couple of years ago.

Several of my Dovemountaineer friends told me both on Saturday and Sunday how much they were blessed by Victoria's talk on Women Mentoring Women. If any of them would like to share their thoughts in the comments section of this blog, it would be greatly edifying to the rest of us! I can say that it was always a privilege to listen to Victoria, both in the classroom and at chapel, when we were at Shiloh. Some people are gifted communicators, and others have Biblical wisdom - Victoria combines both attributes wonderfully!

In our chat after the meeting, Victoria shared a story with me about one of our former Shiloh students. One of her speaking engagements was to address a Valentine's Day dinner in Savannah, Georgia, for two hundred ladies whose husbands were currently deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Victoria said it was apparent that many of these ladies were probably not regular churchgoers, and they were greatly blessed (and somewhat amazed) to be served dinner by pastors and elders from the sponsoring churches. It was one of those magical evenings in God's appointment book, made all the more special because she was introduced at the platform that evening by one of our former Shiloh young ladies who is now married and living in Georgia. Victoria's favorite comment was by one of the sponsoring pastors: "We called off church tonight for this event - so we could be the church!" It made me think of Kim Ritt's military ministry and other kinds of outreaches we do here at Dove Mountain!

In that same vein, it was a blessing to see Mike Jones and Keith Long humbly working to pack up the event. Do more DMC men need to be involved in this next time? Let us know, ladies!