Some nice ladies in a quilting guild from our town put a lot of hours into making these adorable dresses and shorts for us to bring to Karanda. They made literally a few hundred of them - enough for 2 suitcases full!! That's a lot of hours of sewing! These dresses and shorts are made from pillowcases - some of which were donated by people in town. It's so nice to have such an involved and supportive community - Thank you everyone who helped with this!! As you can see, they will get put to good use :-) The majority of the clothes will be handed out by a program here called HBC (Home Based Care). This is a local Karanda ministry that provides food, clothing, ect. to those in greatest need. They travel on outreaches to those who are not close enough to receive the occasional "handouts" from the short term missionaries. It's nice to know that these will go to the people who need them the most. We did take a few of the items with us on a walk and were able to hand some out to provide these pictures :-) It's always fun to see the kids getting some brand new clothes-especially when lots of kids walk around in rags on a daily basis! The kids seemed so happy to receive these beautiful clothes. They were very proud of their new outfits! Thank you quilting ladies!!
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? 28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
Matthew 6:26-34
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