The first good news: the missing cord and foot pedal for the portable sewing machine donated to our friends in Mexico was found in the 6th box unloaded from our van.
The second good news: Covenant member George called to say he’s interested in going to Mexico with the mission team. George will be a great and dedicated team member--and he also speaks Spanish! Nine people are definite about going, and there’s a possibility of one more, maybe even two!
A few days later, the third good news: Pat and Carl are donating a sewing machine to Faith Ministry. Pat’s mother is no longer able to continue her slipcovering business, so we’ll now have two machines to take with us.
Several days later, the fourth good news: we learned that Covenant, in addition to paying its half of mission team scholarship requests (Donegal Presbytery pays the other half), is giving money to cover the cost of oiling and adjusting the sewing machines, the cost of extra craft material, and the cost of the painting materials needed by those who will paint newly constructed rooms in Mexico. Thank you, Covenant!
There’s an extra air of excitement about our trip this year, perhaps because by asking our congregation for craft materials and ideas they feel more involved than in other years. In any event, it’s neat to hear comments and questions about our next adventure as well as to see their generous donations of craft materials and ideas.
On October 25, a group from CAMT gathered at Covenant for a Sorting Party. We reorganized all the craft donations and ended up with about 12 tubs/boxes of materials which included yarn, various kinds of cording, quilting material, craft paints, needlework kits, several kinds of looms, sculpie clay, the makings of beautiful bracelets and much more.
With the more efficient packing it looks like it will all fit into the van without having to make Pat, who’s traveling with Frank and Joyce, ride in a rocking chair on top of the van a la Granny in Beverly Hillbillies!
Take a look at the pictures that document the "Journey of the Crafts" as they made their way from Ginnie's home in Bethleham to Frank and Joyce's home in Collegeville and on to Frazer, PA where Covenant is located. Next stop: Mexico!
The next post to the blog will probably be after our next meeting December 6. Please continue to pray for us as we prepare for the trip January 28 to February 4.
Saturday, November 05, 2005
Journey of the Crafts
The pictures below show how full Frank and Joyce's van was with all the craft donations given by Ginnie (on the left in the first picture). Joan (on the right) is the one whose slides in May 2001 inspired Covenant's interest in mission trips.
The materials moved from the van to Frank and Joyce's garage for a month, and then journeyed to Covenant where they were joined by all Covenant's craft donations and where we had a Sorting Party to organize the material and decide what else we needed for the various projects.
The materials moved from the van to Frank and Joyce's garage for a month, and then journeyed to Covenant where they were joined by all Covenant's craft donations and where we had a Sorting Party to organize the material and decide what else we needed for the various projects.
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