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Monday, October 5, 2009

Pictures from the South Africa Gala

The Bana La Modimo South Africa Gala fundraiser was held at Red Rocks Church on Saturday, October 3rd. It was a lot of fun! We can never adequatly thank all of the people who helped make this evening a great success! THANK YOU!

Special thanks to Chris Sharber of Sharber Photography for the wonderful pictures in this post.

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Stage area at the front of the room.


A 20 foot giraffe!


Guests starting to arrive.




Registration table


Silent Auction


Silent Auction


Dinner is served. YUM!



The Presentation


Lincoln spoke about the Lighthouse Children's Shelter and the orphans living in child-run households in a town called Phokeng in South Africa.


Jenny spoke about one of the sweet little girls at the Lighthouse Shelter. She had been rescued from a horribly abusive home and now lives a happy and healthy life at the Shelter.


Pastor Shawn spoke about a squatter camp in South Africa called Freedom Park and his experiences in South Africa.


Pastor Chad was the live auctioneer.


The crowd during the live auction.





Pastor Todd and the band played some great music.



Papa (Lincoln's dad), Madison, Kyler and Gee Gee (Jenny's mom) had a great time dancing!

1 comment:

  1. Awesome! God is so good! It's great to see God's family respond so beautifully. We're very proud of you and look forward to all the details.

    David and Janis

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