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strange, yet wonderful, before bed activities

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update on our Ayyam-i-Ha and Fast projects

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With the help of friends and family, we have been figuring out a prototype for our Fast and Ayyam-i-Ha calendar, which includes the pocket(made from my son's hand shape) to place service assignments or clues for a trasure hunt to find gifts, etc. By threading a piece of wax linen through a single hole, through a bead and then through a button, we created a way to easily put our ring which would indicate which day in the calendar it is. I have yet to write the days of the month on each petal of the flower, or numbers on the hand. I will( if we choose to number the hand) number it from the pinkie towards the thumb. In addition to the calendar we have worked on counting 19 9-pointed stars for each day of the Fast. My friend was so excited about these ideas, I decided to do them for all 30 families who may be coming to our Ayyam-i-Ha party on Sunday night, just prior to sundown so we can say the prayer together before going home to bed!! 600 clay stars, and the makings for 30 cal...