Book Fair 2013 Part II

These large three-dimensional signs were in different places around the  fair.

Here we are gracing the outside.

This quote welcomed the attendees.

Los Valores de Familiares or Gallery of Family Values is the theme for our book fair this year.  Rafael had hired a photographer to take pictures of different members of the Church interacting with their families and then titled the pictures.  The messages were so clever and eye-catching. 


 It was fun for us to recognize many of the folks in the pictures because of working with them this past year.

Folks walking through the gallery

Teo Veras, a station director for a major Dominican radio station.

As you can see, the booth was set up as an art gallery with a special room to be used for speakers who came and spoke on the theme of one of the posters that was hanging.  Our speakers included Padre Vargas, the head of the Catholic church here in the DR, a famous newsperson, etc.  They were great speakers, addressing different groups that had been invited to attend.  After filming the speaker and then interviewing him or her, Rob was in charge of editing the film and putting the finished product up on our website prensamormona.do.  So it has been a little crazy again, but nothing like last year.

Here are some of the posters.  These are not the actual hanging images which were hard to film because of the lights, but you get the idea.  We've put the words in English under each picture (although some don't have quite the impact when translated... ) 

Create your best self - Your life will be a perfect work if
you let each stroke do the Grand Master. (Matthew 548)

Loose lips sink ships. If you are tempted to say
something hurtful, do not say anything.

Need a little support? Do not stay in the air and lean on your
parents, because marriage is the foundation of a happy family

Put your home on a firm foundation  Building a
happy home is not a child's play.

There are many badges to recognize your
merit but none more valuable than the kiss
of a proud mother to a dutiful son.

Your family is not a product It cannot be
purchased at the corner store, but requires
paying a price of love,
patience and faith to hold it together.

Cooperation is needed everywhere. If you are always
looking out for yourself, you won't get very far.

Always connected? Turn it off a bit so you
can connect with those who matter most.

Everyone loved going through our booth. We ended up with 45,000 people going through it in just ten days.  It was incredible.  Values aren't taught in the schools, so these messages were very important