Artists at Work

For Girl's Night in January (28) the creativity was pouring out in large doses! 

Waffles were on the menu.  (recipe here) 

The girls mixed them and baked them while I was driving to and

 from the train station to pick up other girls. 

We even added chocolate chips and/or walnuts to the batter.

Each of the junior high girls brought either a topping

 for the waffles (fruit, syrup, sprinkles) or a side dish (eggs, sausage, yogurt).

We had a feast!  

Even the 100 yen fresh pineapple was creatively displayed. 

For our evening activity the girls created their jewelry: necklaces, earrings, and bracelets.

Chris, found a jewelry kit in the states over Christmas and it provided hours of entertainment.

We also did a Love Language Assessment for the teens using this online tool. 

It was exciting to learn more about the girls and to spend time with them creating.

^Earrings in the making

^Closeup on the earrings

^Bracelet

We had 6 girls attend this month.  One gal was in town for the weekend and came after traveling 13 hours with her family from Tohoku (Northeastern Japan) where her family is doing ministry among the those effected by the March 11th Earthquake/Tsunami. We hadn't seen her since early fall. It was a joyful reunion.  For another gal it was a farewell party as she was heading back to Canada that week.  One girl was in the midst of studying for high school entrance exams yet took the evening off to join the creativity.  It is such a blessing to be involved in these girls' lives!