This past week has been busy and wonderful. On Monday I joined the ladies from my home church in Kamloops for lunch at a local restaurant. On Friday morning, my friend, Mary, and I went to Salmon Arm, BC to visit the quilt show being held there. What gorgeous quilts were being displayed! I was able to purchase material for the next two quilts that I will make. Saturday morning I reconnected with a friend that I haven't seen for almost 9 years!
On Thursday morning I traveled to Merritt, BC and joined the quilting group that meets there each week. This group is different from other quilting groups that I have met. This group of women form a local chapter of the national group, Prayers and Squares. The purpose of the group is two fold. They make and give a quilt to someone who is going through a rough time - an illness, a surgery, a difficulty. But more importantly they pray for the person. The quilt is tied but the knots are left unfinished. On Sunday morning the quilt is brought to the church and placed on a table in the lobby. A letter is placed with the quilt stating who it is for, and what the prayer requests are for the person. People come, tie a knot and say a prayer. Each knot represents a prayer prayed for that person. What a wonderful ministry! The leader of the group shared that last year the group averaged making a one quilt each week. That's 52 quilts last year. That hundreds of prayers offered up for the 52 people who received the quilts. Amen and amen!
It is Sunday as I write this. I am off to bed soon, getting needed rest. Tomorrow morning I travel to Alberta to meet at the ACTION office and with friends and supporters in Red Deer, Three Hills, and Calgary. I know that it will be another busy week.
Post Prayers:
1) For safety as I travel this week.
2) That I will rest well tonight.
Thank you for your prayers!
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