THE AMAZING CAKE SALE.

A week ago, the children in the British School who share the Church grounds, decided to have 3 cake sales.
They were raising money to help support  children from a school up in the hills which had been destroyed by floods and landslides 6 weeks or so ago.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MANY CAKES IN ONE PLACE!

The cakes started arriving in our house at 07.15.

Every space in the dining room, the sitting room and the hall was filled with cakes, even the sofas, the tops of cupboards plus the piano and stool We had to bring in 12 extra tables and still the cakes kept coming. Many helpers priced them and at 2pm we took them over to the main hall.
At 2.30 sharp, the multitudes were allowed in, pupils, parents, teachers and all cake lovers.The fire regulations were certainly breached that afternoon.
These pictures just represent the third sale!

What a tremendous effort by the pupils and their parents. The cakes were 99% home made because the idea was to get even the smallest children involved and concerned to reach out to others less fortunate than themselves. We have not heard the final total yet but it was certainly  well over £3000. (About $7000)

Remember that our Lord Jesus said, "More blessings come from giving than from receiving."  Acts 20:35

NB The British School was started many years ago to cater to the needs of ex-patriate children. During the second world war the small group of children with their teachers were moved to the safety of the church premises. Since then the school has grown enormously to include 2 other sites. Most of the students today come from the wealthy Brazilian classes. There are 2000 pupils from kindergarten up to 12th grade. About 850 of them are our very near neighbours during term time.