Building HOPE Sewing SEEDS

Day 1 Project

Maria, Hector - my translator, Stuart - the missionary, Elsa, Iveth and Claudia at the sewing machine.

Breakfast was at 6:30 Monday morning with a pick up of 7 a.m. We once again arrived with hands ready to help and unload the truck of our supplies. Our groups were called in and we started with a little get to know you. My group was very young and quiet. Our first devotion was about self-worth and the value we have in God's eyes, that as God's children we are daughters of the King and princesses. And as a princess, God has a plan for our lives, as Jeremiah 29:11 says: For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Seeds of worth planted and watered!

The girls were eager to get started and jumped right into the project, a bag with some piecing and quilting techniques. Thank God for translators who not only translated, but were eager learners too - continually stepping in and helping the girls when I didn't have enough hands. They were able to complete the bag in the morning and wore them to lunch. So we had one group of ladies from 8-12, we served them lunch from 12-12:30 and then the second group came at 12:30 for lunch and we taught them from 1-5. By the time we sat down for lunch we were so thankful to sit and have a cold drink, and fully understood the meaning of the work "siesta"! It took a bit to get up in the heat and walk back for the afternoon group, but once started, adrenaline saw us through. My afternoon group was even more eager than my morning. It was like they could not get enough to drink and were gulping down all they could. They told me I needed to be there a month, not one week. Look at some of their beautiful creations!