Kevin and I entered church chili cookoff this year. Although we didn’t win, but our neighbor, 5-year-old little Gem Gem, told us that she liked our chili the best and she wanted more. We had some left over; therefore, we brought it over to little Gem Gem’s house after the event. We felt that we won gold medal because of little Gem Gem’s good words.
We had so much fun carving the pumpkins together with our church members and few neighbors who received my invitation and showed up in the event. Kevin and I was so happy. The night before the event I told Kevin that I had an idea what to carve. Kevin said he had an idea also. I told Kevin that we could each carve on one side. Kevin said: NO! I want to carve my own pumpkin. I said to Kevin: Okay, we will get you your own pumpkin. We went to Trader Joe’s got two pumpkins. It’s only $2.99 each. We picked two big pumpkins with stems. When we started carving pumpkins tonight, Kevin said he had no idea what to carve! He wanted me to design, so I did. I drew hearts and flower with heart shaped petals, on Kevin’s I designed the word joy with a heart shape instead of letter O. Kevin then did most of the carving. It was funny that the carving tool we got from dollar store bended in no time. I guess it’s because I carved too hard.
After we all have done carving, we brought pumpkins to the sanctuary, lined them up and lighted the candles inside each carved pumpkin. Everyone was amazed how beautiful the pumpkin lanterns glow after we turned off the lights of the sanctuary. People sat down at the pews, some taking photos, some couldn’t help but discussing and praising who carved this one and who carved that one. As I passing by the pews, walking toward to the front to take photos, I heard an elderly lady asked who carved joy. She said she liked it. When she asked the second time. In the darkness I proudly responded that Kevin and I carved it. At this moment my joy was like the pumpkin lanterns glowing in the darkness, it couldn’t be hidden.
Tonight we have fun to welcome Autumn, the season of harvest and giving thanks to our LORD, the creator of all.
