Additional thoughts seen around campus

One of the really neat facilities on campus is known as the Boutique. It is a place for recycling household items that you no longer need and acquiring items that you could use - like a thrift store or resale shop, but no money changes hands. Volunteers sort incoming items and put them out, and shoppers (like me) see something they may like and take it home. There are clothing items, books (a *large* selection of home school materials), kitchen items, even formal gowns (including bridal dresses) and tuxes (the formals and tuxes are for "use" and return, not to take for good - you just bring them back clean).

There is also a sewing room in the Boutique, with ladies who will help you by altering garments for you.

A few days ago, I got to go on a "tour" of the Boutique as a new student at the Dallas International University (DIU) expressed an interest in volunteering at the Boutique. Shirley, the manager of the Boutique, took her on a tour, and I got to tag along. It was fascinating all the things that they have and services that they do! Shirley was overjoyed that the student volunteer likes to sew, so she instantly "claimed" her for the sewing room!

During the tour, I saw this sign:

"Oh what peace we often forfeit, oh, what needless pain we bear
All because we do not carry everything to God in prayer."

A good reminder!