So Much to Be Thankful For !!

We recently learned that a local church will contribute $1,000 towards the Quilt Project !!  I just about fell off my chair -- my co-workers were asking "what happened?"  And when my boss came in to work that day and asked how I was, I could only gush and say how really, really fine I was!  We're so thankful for this gift that makes the quilts a much closer reality!

As well, all of the 120 Layette Gift Bags are being sewn up as I write.  Many have already been turned in and are just waiting for the day when we can fill them with gifts -- so heart-warming to have so many involved!

Be watching for April 3 when the SILK table in the BCC Atrium will display what we're up to and all that we hope to accomplish with the skills God has given us.  All who visit us there will have opportunity to contribute to the quilt fund and/or take a list of layette items to purchase.  It's a Family effort !!

Praise God and Merci Jezu !!!


Jan and the SILK Ladies

Another Day -- Another Great Time at Work!

 On Saturday we had one of the best SILK days yet!

Sixteen ladies came - some for the whole time -- some

for just a short while -- and it was wonderful !!

Baby Quilts, Dresses, Boys Shorts

and Layette Gift Bags were all lovingly

created for Haiti and here at home!

Join us next month --

April 9th, 9am to 2pm.

Roxie, Carol, Linda and Nadine

So glad to welcome return members and new ones alike!

Taking a break to enjoy each other's talent!

Carol, Margaret, Marie and Roberta

Laura & Etta sorting through projects in process.

Stop by for even a short while -- Linda and her friend

tied quilts for an hour - so happy they did!

Quilts for Haiti Fund Raising Update

To date, we have just over $900 collected towards the materials purchase for the quilts for Little Paradise Children's Home to be built in Grand Goave, Haiti.  If the Lord is leading you to partner with us, go to www.bcc.org and you can give online -- just designate it for "Haiti Quilts".

Finished Gift Bags !!

Here are a couple finished products - about 14"x14" capacity.

Can hardly wait to have a bunch done in

all those bright colors we have cut out !!

If you'd like to help stitch some up, leave a comment for Jan!

Sharing and Getting the Word out about SILK!!

Sharing at BCC this past Sunday was a joy and a treat!  What a special opportunity we all have to do something lovely for women and children in Haiti -- a land of severe desperation but also of supernatural Hope, that Hope that is in Jesus!  

I was handed some cash immediately following the service to go into the material fund -- that was a joy and treat as well!

Then I had several offers of fabric and help - more joy and treat!  

Soon thereafter came more offers of the same -- more joy, more treat!  

I have to admit, this is what I was so hoping would occur -- BCC family catching some of my excitement and passion for these projects.  But even more, that they would see the experience as one that even though it might sound superficial and material, it's one of sharing God's Love to women and children -- Love that they know is manifested in those gifts we create.  The true joy in giving and receiving, and giving and receiving, and giving and receiving.  It goes on and on -- and the emotions that surround both sides of the gift is pure joy and treat !!

As I shared, we know there is a Haitian Sister in Heaven because of the visit made with a layette in hand.  She received the gift of the layette that day of the earthquake, but so much, much more importantly, she received the gift of life – a life eternal that she entered when her earthly life was taken by the earthquake on January 12, 2010.

Please sign up to be a follower here -- or comment somewhere along the line!  This is truly a BCC Family ministry -- you'll hear more about the quilts and layettes over the next month or so.  I promise to update often on progress.  I promise to post photos along the way.  And I promise to post photos of completed quilts and gift bags -- that will be the culmination of many hours of labor in Love.

Praise Him and Merci Jezu!

Jan

Excited About Layettes!!

Here are just HALF of the gift bags ready to be distributed to seamstresses!

Will announce soon when distribution begins!

So many beautiful color combinations for the Moms in Haiti!

Adorable hand-knitted caps -- we are happy to share the pattern

if you want to crochet some for the Layettes!

And here is what the gift bags will look like - can't wait to

see them on the arm of a Haitian Sister !!

MOMs at work for SILK !!

MOMs (Mothers of Munchkins) worked today at BCC and cut out over 120 cloth gift bags to be used for the Haiti Layettes project!  Jan shared about Haiti and what wonderful outreach the giving of these layettes are -- encouragement, love and saving knowledge of Jesus in some visits!  A wonderful time was had by all as we worked together for Him !! 

THANK YOU "MOMS" !!