Reaping What You 'Sew'

Our mission will be concentrated on three projects: an Adult Bible study, a sewing project and a mission Bible school for the children.  The sewing project purpose is to teach sewing skills to young women, mostly young mothers who can then use these skills to better provide for their families.  This first mission (August 2011) will concentrate on teaching very basic skills to women and with each mission (I plan to return for several years, same time frame, first week in August) a new skill set will be added.  The groundwork will be laid for the 2012 mission and beyond!  We have been very blessed to have several financial donors for this project. Thank you, thank you, thank you! We will be able to purchase several sewing machines, the fabric and notions in Managua.  After talking with Pastors Francisco and Omar of the Nicaraguan Methodist Church, the team will teach women how to make a dress for a little girl,  shorts, and a bag. Thanks go out to Delphine for all her research and hard work for the dress.

I am so humbled by this mission.  For years I have heard the phrase "let go, and let God," but have never really been in a place to see it happen.  Probably a control issue, an ego issue- maybe both.  The way all the pieces are coming together, the way the team has formed, and the way the donations have been provided is absolutely a lesson in “letting go, and letting God.”  It has forced me to sit back and watch as God continues to amaze!  I have been in prayer for this mission since last August when I returned from a mission to Nicaragua and I knew I was being called to go back.  It sounds so cliché that it is “a God thing”, but that is all I can say in complete amazement- this is absolutely a GOD THING!!!!  I am humbled by what is happening!


Lori