A Well-Deserved Thank You !

 About 10 years ago, Etta Howard was inspired by her visit to

Grand Goave, Haiti.  She wanted to do more - she wanted

to make an impact on the children there.

SOS - Sewing on Saturday was born - by way of

Etta's rec room at her mobile home court.

That first Saturday, about 10 women came and

began a ministry that has provided an estimated

3,500-4,000 dresses, shorts, shirts and baby

quilts for Haiti and local outreach.

 A few years back, SOS become SILK and continues

on with women who are passionate about doing

what we can from where we are.

 

SILK continues to meet once a month -

we quickly moved to BCC for more space.

Etta's inspiration lives on in Room C212 :) !!

 

Sunday, June 17 the ladies of SILK honored

Etta for this answer to His Call on her all those

years ago.   We are so grateful to Marie Cook

who took on this gift of love from SILK - a gift of

a beautiful hand-made quilt for Etta to enjoy

for many years to come.

 

We Love You, Etta!

And we are so proud to have worked

along side of you, sharing our love

of sewing in a way that shares the Love

of our Savior with our Sisters across the world!

 

Breaking for Summer - Not Really!

We had a wonderful turn out this past Saturday -

our final session before taking July and August off.

Well, not really - we prepared many items

to be stitched up over the summer!



Here is Alice who came for the first time ---

for those of you who have told me "I really want

to come, just keep forgetting" -- Alice actually

came!  And she cut out several dresses - so glad to have her! 

We have an abundance of quilts cut out and ready to

sew -- many were taken home this day.

About 20 of them will be delivered this week

to local Pregnancy Resource Centers!



Even though this is really out of focus -- I couldn't

resist posting any way!  You can see our dear

Roberta (you know, recently "evicted" from

hospice care) -- she looks pretty intimidating

with that batting roller!  We just love, love

that her family makes sure she can come !

What a joy == true joy!!

Our work crew on this day --

what a wonderful team of women

serving local mothers as well as

families in Haiti.

Thank you Lord - Merci Jesus!!

So, our story continues over the summer --

machines will continue to run and hands

continue to work for the Lord.

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HAITI CHILDREN'S HOME UPDATE:

We are gathering information and more

details on the quilt project -- not all 77 quilts

need to be made right away as the building

will go up in phases.

Stay tuned for further word on this!

God Bless You All !

Bondye beni ou tout !  (creole)

Love,

Jan and the SILK Ladies

BCC Missions Day

We had a wonderful time this past Sunday

sharing what God has been and is doing

through SILK.

Remember to Pray?

Why a refrigerator magnet of course !!

Love that all ages are interested! 

Sophie and her friend (above) and

Jr High Girls (below)