OK. today’s blog will be different than any blog I’ve ever done over the last 7+years of blogging (here at RealDealReligion or DunnAdoptions). Although there’s a lot of controversy swirling around concerning the whole ‘Bruce/Kaitlyn Jenner thing' right now, this has nothing to do with that.
But it does have something to do with a subject that most guys don’t talk about or a even give thought to. And that subject is women’s nails. And more specifically ‘women's nail colours.’ But what if I told you that I was not only thinking about women’s nails/nail colors- but I was taking it a step further by thinking about having a women’s nail party- would that make me less of a man in your mind? Well, before you answer that question, let me give you the whole story.
As you know, we do ministry in orphanages in and around Curitiba and at Encontro com Deus (aka- Patrick’s Place). The orphanages all have house mothers that live with the kids and that take care of them 24/7. The average tenure of a house mother (unfortunately) is only around 12 months. The amount of issues that these house mothers have to deal with and the stress of their jobs is enormous. And one of the things that accompanies their job is a lack of being appreciated or celebrated for the difficult job that they do.
So, one things that we’ve done over the last several years is try and minister to the house mothers as we’re ministering to the kids. Not only do we minister The Word to these amazing ladies- we’ve also done tea parties, given painting classes and we've helped clean their houses. But one of the favorite things we’ve done for them is to give them maicure/pedicures. Just to love on them, encourage them and to give them a sense of being appreciated so that hopefully they can continue with the work that they're doing is our goal. And the results have been amazing.
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| One of the house mothers at Lar Herminia getting a manicure |
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| One of the team members from giving a pedicure to a house mother |
And, in the past, we’ve also ministered to the battered/abused mothers at Patrick’s Place in the same way. There’s something about being able to show care to these women (with no strings attached) that helps bring healing to lives that’ve been filled with violence and despair. Not only is it a very humbling experience but it’s an honour to be a part of something so impactful.
We have 2 mission teams from Graystone Church in Georgia, USA coming in June (19-26) and July (17-24). One of the things we had planned on doing with the teams is ministering to the house mothers and the battered/abused mothers by doing manicure pedicures for them all. And that’s what brings me to the purpose of this post.
My oldest daughter, Maryssa, has been doing these things called ‘nail wraps’ that she gets from the States. She was showing them to me and they're actually pretty cool. They come in over 300 different designs and colours. But, when she was showing them to me, the first that came to my mind was,"man, we need to do these for all the moms at the orphanages and at Patrick’s place rather than just doing regular nail polish.” They don't have this kind of thing here in Brazil (that we know of) and I think all the moms would love it!
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| Nails done with the nail wraps that we want to do for the house moms and the women in the shelter |
So I asked Maryssa if we could do that and she said, “yes.” The only problem is that we don't have all the materials to do them. So Maryssa said we could do “a nail party on-line” that could provide everything that we’d need to minister to all the house moms and all the women living at Encontro com Deus’ two homes.
So here’s the deal. Starting Tuesday (June 9) through the following Tuesday (June 16) there will be a party (it'll be called Jim’s Jamberry for Brazil) on Facebook where you can purchase these nail wraps for yourself (or your spouse/girlfriend/mom/sister/daughter) and the proceeds will help purchase the wraps for all the women we’ll be ministering to over the next 2 months: )
There will be prizes, giveaways and free stuff available on the page for you too so be sure to click HERE to check it out. It’s something that’s not expensive and it’ll give you an opportunity to be a part of something that’s happening here in Brazil. So click HERE and it’ll send you to the page. Even if you don't want to check it out for yourself forward it to someone you think might be interested. It’s for a great cause! Thanks: ) We love you guys!
Still as Manly as Ever,
Jim
***Very Important- The party won’t be LIVE on Facebook until Tuesday but you can visit the page anytime by clicking HERE. For all my Facebook friends- I’ll add you to a group so you'll get an invite Tuesday. If you're not on Facebook (and one of my friends) you can shop the page by clicking HERE just remember when you check out to use “Jim's Jamberry for Brazil” as your party name so that all proceeds go toward the ministry: )
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