Project Patricia Featured In UMW Publication

http://www.missionresourcecenter.org/estore/resources/publications/UMW_NEWS__Vol4_No2.pdf

It seems an article about Project Patricia (above page 6) has recently been published in "The United Methodist Women News," causing our inbox to overflow with inquiries from all across the nation. Honestly, it's only 11 states in all (so far), but they're coast-to-coast!

  I'm amazed, and am happy to reply to each one attaching a file with patterns and instructions. It may turn out that the churches can't help because of the distance and the postage required, but I'm thrilled that they've heard about us and are interested in our mission.
We had a sewing day at Northland Baptist Church earlier this month where those great ladies made 314 pads. For their first sewing day, that was a great accomplishment! Those pads got snapped right away and have already been packed up and sent to a team in Texas leaving for Lesotho very soon.
It's been necessary for us to have a "family snapping evening" a couple of times recently so we'd have enough pads finished that we could pack up 150 kits for the Lesotho shipment. That left the men at Sunday's workday at The Master's Community Church snapping at their leisure, often having to wait on the other steps in the process to be finished before they could do their part. It turned out to be a slow day because of all the pre-workday work that was done. That was your break, guys. Don't expect it every time!
We've been blessed with lots and lots of sheets, towels and fabric from many sources. Thank you!! The women in Africa thank you! This means that we'll have material resources to make lots and lots of pads to send out, for which we're very grateful.
A new contact has come about for us: The Friends of St. Anne's Girls School - Kapkemich, Kenya. We're anxious to ship kits out to each of the girls in their school in the fall. This will allow the girls to attend school every day of the month, thereby being able to take advantage of the education offered by the school. More importantly, it will give them yet another taste of the Gospel message.
Please continue to pray for us. We try to be good stewards of our financial resources, but often (like now) we find ourselves very low on funds to pay for postage. Pray for a financial windfall, for continued donations of fabric and helping hands. Pray for doors of opportunity to be opened to partner with even more missionaries in Africa who are willing to distribute kits for us. Pray for their boldness to speak The Word, and for the hearts of the women hearing the message to be receptive.
Until next time,