Girly Me Missions at the Owasso Harvest Festival and Chili Cook-Off

Our girls and some of their friends are part of a ministry called "Girly Me Missions". They make and sell items at craft shows and all of their profits go to support Nelly, a five year old girl, living at Calo Me Lare, an orphanage that Project Hope Worldwide built.

They recently had a booth at the Owasso Harvest Festival and Chili Cook-Off. This is one of their favorite events because it's so fun and it's usually a pretty good money maker for them. This year they decided to compete in the Chili Cook-Off and made "African Chili" to serve out to the tasters...

It really did taste great and they actually took 1st place for "Best Chili" in the Youth Division (winning the $400 prize!) and they took first for "Best Booth" ($100 prize!)! Here's pics from our fun day...

 I'm so proud of those girls and their hard work! With their winnings, they made a donation to Project Hope Worldwide...

and they purchased nine cribs for Arise and Shine Babies Home in Jinja, Uganda. Many of the babies have to share cribs so this will help them out tremendously!

I told my friend and fellow GMM mom, Nicole, that we needed a t-shirt that said "We survived the Owasso Chili Cook-Off and lived to tell about it!" Whew! It's just as much work for the moms that support their girls - but it's worth it ;-)