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It's Baking Time... for a good cause


M's banana cake and my muffins!

Today all the Hillsong girls in East London got together for a regional brunch, all for a good cause. Everyone brought a present or two to bless the elderly this Christmas in a few selected shelters in East London. Everyone got together for tea and cakes, and wrapped the presents in the true spirit of Christmas. This December there will be 5 Christmas parties at 5 selected shelters to bless them, most of whom have been forgotten by their families. :(

So last week, Sarah texted M and me asking if we could bring along some cakes or muffins, being THE bakers of Island Gardens hehe

What can I say, how could we refuse after being conferred this title? :P Thus Friday after work, I went home and had a night alone watching TV, and started baking my favourite muffin recipe- Raspberry and White Choc muffins.

Guess what, I thought I was being smart by getting white choc with raspberry to give an added raspberry kick, but as it was after a very tiring day at work, at M&S I misread milk choc for white choc. Oopsy.

The end product

Packed them up in a pretty muffin tin I got for my birthday

M baked her signature banana cake

yes you might wanna scroll to the top to see the 2 pics again ;)

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Arrived at the venue... the amazing view of Greenwich Park. See the autumn colours!

I love this shot. You will never guess where this is...
This is the actually the top floor of a pub! hehe yes having a church event in a pub. We booked the top floor overlooking the park, so it was really nice and cosy, just for ourselves.


Karlin giving instructions to the girls. She has such a beautiful heart for the community, always coming up with ideas for events to bless people.

Look at all the presents. Heaps of them.
Sidenote- Naz is so cute.. she bought the Beatles book because she thinks it's "their era" haha I love this word- "their era". Makes me feel young.


Me n Liandi :);
oh guess what.. this old lady whom I initially thought was Japanese.. is actually a Singaporean! She shared her testimony of how people in church blessed her so much and brought tears to people's eyes just by listening to her story.

Almost there girls...

Zoe and Ria

Stella arranging the presents

All in a day's work. Fun and meaningful.

Don't you just love Christmas?? I am getting excited thinking about it- my favourite holiday!

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