What a day! Name your favorite superlative and we experienced it!!! The Kafwa Center was officially opened amidst great pomp and circumstance. When we arrived before church to take a peek, the Center was swarming with people. A man was painting the outside of the building with a long-handled roller, a Kafwa was on her hands and knees rubbing red polish on the floor, the contractor was applying cement to the bottom of the veranda columns, a group was stringing toilet paper streamers from pillar to pillar on the veranda, others were blowing up balloons -- in other words it looked like pure chaos. After church was over and we all filed down to the Center for the ribbon cutting, everything was orderly and the entire place had been transformed. Benches had been brought in, pictures hung on the walls, and a beautiful display of wooden handcrafts from a local artist were attractively arranged on tables along with the paper beads the Kafwa make. As soon as the Kafwa cut the ribbon, the uulation and traditional sounds of joy erupted as the Kafwa rushed into the room. Speeches were made, choruses sung, and many smiles of happiness exchanged as the formal celebration ensued inside the Center. It bears repeating again, WHAT A DAY!!
I've tried to attach a picture -- I hope you can open it!!
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Sherri Kirkpatrick, PhD, RN, FAAN
President & Executive Director
1401 West Truman Road
Independence, MO 64050
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