Romantic evening at the LIFE Center

Friday night, February 12th, we decided to have a romantic dinner for couples at our center in celebration of Valentine's Day. We ended up being 14 couples, American and Kurdish, and a wonderful time was had by all. As usual, the comments that we received afterward were "it was the best time we've ever had", "we never experienced anything like this before" and so on...Our interns outdid themselves decorating the coffee shop with flowers, candles and beautiful table settings. Our evening started out with a sit-down dinner, beginning with 4 kinds of salads, followed by roasted chicken, curried rice & vegetable medley. Heart-shaped, pink frosted cookies were at each place along with their names printed on a cute place card. Romantic music, door prizes, the Newlywed game, silly skit by Darrell & I, Kurdish dancing & American slow-dancing...all made for an unforgettable evening of LOVE. It was fun to bless our Kurdish friends with this special evening and they were truly overwhelmed with gratitude. We were amused at how they blushed when asked certain questions! (for example, "when & where did you first kiss your wife"?) There was great commotion and laughter over this; many had their first kiss the day they were engaged. We were told that it is rare to ever have a fun, romantic evening with your spouse like this. They loved it!