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Prom Day

It was a day for dressing up and enjoying refreshments, decorations, and emcees with “pizazz.” That’s how some would describe Crossroad’s first annual Senior Prom. Amber Lorimore, Director of Activities, says this is the first of what will be an annual event. “We decked out our dining room, and all of our residents dressed to the nines, staff too,” she said.

Lorimore said there had been a tradition of going to the Delta High School to do their senior prom with Region 10, a coalition that supports seniors in the area. Covid protocols made it difficult to jumpstart, and the larger event was canceled. “So,” Amber said, “we decided we’re gonna do our own.”

Surprisingly, a number of the residents never attended a senior prom, (including KVNF’s reporter Lisa Young’s own mother Loretta Young.) “Well, I grew up in Hereford, Texas, and they didn’t have senior proms,” said Loretta. “We had a senior night, but we didn’t have a dance ‘cos they didn’t believe in dancing, so we had our family, our moms and dads gave us a senior prom, and that’s when we had our dance.”

Naomi, another resident at Crossroads, also shared that she never attended a senior prom.

“We were poor, and my mom wouldn’t let me dance,” said Naomi who did made it to the dance floor at the Crossroads prom with the help of one of the staff members.

The one-day event was held in the afternoon with the curtains pulled so it felt a little bit more like it was nighttime. Lorimore, to the thrill of the crowd, announced husband and wife Cal and Evelyn Turner as the king and queen of the prom. Evelyn seemed thrilled about it. “I’m the queen, hail the Lord!” she said.

-Based on KVNF reporter Lisa Young’s article – April 26, 2023.

Update from Maranatha

Well Dedicated In Kenya With Tie To Crossroads

A Maranatha well was dedicated recently in Kangangu, a village northeast of Nairobi, Kenya. The well was funded in part by gifts in memory of Rudy Allen, a Crossroads Maintenance Director in Lakewood, Colorado, who died suddenly in a motorcycle accident in 2021. The well was drilled near a new church structure built for 25 adults and 10 children actively worshiping there. The church started in 2016 with just a handful of members who worshiped in one of the members’ homes. Later, they rented a room where they worshiped until their building was constructed. Prior to the drilling of this well, the community purchased water from delivery trucks or obtained rainwater when available.

Maranatha will drill 700 wells this year and maintain 840 wells already in service around the Learn more at www or by visiting the Maranatha channel. Just scan this code.