Quilts for South Africa

In Wooster, South Africa, there is a group of volunteers who ran a Kibbutz el Shammah for children. It's a place where children can come after school for programs, a home to children who need a safe place to live, a place where many other ministries are carried out. Most of the people who run these programs are volunteers, many of them South Africans.

Last night I meet with the head woman, Shanette, who runs this organization. They go month to month on fianaces to keep this place open. Many of the teenagers that come to the Kibbutz end up volunteering there, after they have given their heart to Christ and dedicate themselves to helping others.

Many years ago my friend Sharon asked me to help her make quilts to give to the people who volunteer there, who run the programs. A quilt to these people becomes their prize prosession. They cannot believe that others who don't know them could give them such a gift. We had given 17 quilts away and for the past few years, they didn't need anymore. Now because of the turnover in staff, there is a need for more quilts. We will begin making quilts again for them. Most of the quilts are a double size in bright colors. I will post pictures of them as we get them made. As we make the quilts, we pray for the Kibbutz and the people running it and for the many children who desperately need a place they can go to.