Our July Meeting

We met on Saturday, July 9, to begin our next project, Salvation Dolls.  A salvation doll is a doll that can be used as a witnessing tool.  On one side there is a frown, symbolizing life before Christ.  On the other side there is a  smile, symbolizing life full of joy after knowing Christ.  Many mission groups have successfully used these dolls to share the gospel around the world.  One of our sweet volunteers, Mary Katherine Webster, remembered reading about these dolls in a 2010 issue of Mosaic Missions, and shared the idea with Nitzia, our sewing guru.  After researching the dolls, Nitzia felt that this should be our next project!  She has posted specifics about making the dolls under the "Project" tab.

When we saw that the title of the magazine article was:  "Sewing Seeds of Kindness,"  it confirmed that this was the perfect project for us!  As always, we worked hard, but had tons of fun as we sewed and sowed!  :)

Ashley, measuring and cutting

Ashley, Angie, and Kay cutting and hand stitching

Nizia ironing while Sara takes a break and gets a snack

Sara, our youngest volunteer.  She kept telling everyone about her sewing machine that she has....wouldn't be surprised if next month she isn't on the "sewing crew"

Sherry and Montie, part of the "sewing crew."

Sweet Granny Sue---she is our angel.  She brought homemade biscuits and homemade jelly to share with everyone!

The whole group after we prayed over the dolls and the lives that would be touched by them.

We missed a few of our regulars who were out of town and were excited to have a few new faces!  The dolls are only half-way completed, so we plan to finish them up our next meeting.  Similar to the fleece blankets, we are praying that God will lead us as to where to send the dolls when they are finished.