It's ladies night and we're gettin' crafty!

On the last Friday of every month some of the ladies from my church get together and just have a fun time of fellowship and togetherness. Its a time where we just get to be together and for a few hours forget about school,work,spouses or children. We have so much fun and it's really great to be able to build life long bonds and friendships that are built on our love for Christ and our love for each other as sisters in Christ.

So last night we got together and hung out and made handmade cards. It was so great to just be together and let our crafty sides take over. There were so many wonderful cards made, for birthdays, New Babies, New Mom's, mothers day,kids ect... everyone had some great crafty ideas.

Having these ladies nights mean so much to me and so many of the other ladies.For me it has been really difficult because in the last 2 to 3 years I my relationship with Christ has grown and flourished I was kind of stuck in the same old spot for so long within my walk, but when I started to grow I realized that alot of the people in my life needed to be cut out of my life. It was such a painful thing to have to do and left me no close friends in Chicago and a best friend that lives 4 1/2 hours away in my hometown in Michigan. So I really have no one.I mean I talk to my bff often via phone and email but as far as having someone to physically hang out with and do things with I have no and this ladies night is really helping to change that.

For most of the other ladies this is a welcomed event because our church is a baby church. We come from a church that has many different what we call satellites (locations) because chicago is such a different city in each neighborhood, every Chicago neighborhood has its own vibe b/c there are neighborhoods that are polish or Puerto rican, or Mexican,or Italian or Greek,or even a neighborhood that is mostly young families. and so each of our church locations are tailored to fit the people who live in that community but still bring the same message of the gospel truth of Jesus Christ to all, so our specific location has only been around for a little over a year and everyone is pretty new so we really haven't had that time to really dig in and get to know each other deeply. We have weekly bible studies/small groups but ladies night is not about a bible study its just us hanging out loving each other and building strong friendships. We all love it!