Knots of Love Knots of Love
May this inspire you to realize how awesome you are and how powerful you can be with the power of our Lord. "With God, all things are possible"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3NDn7j2GLo
The church my family has attended for four generations sponsored different missions in Africa when I was growing up. Each school year a missionary would come with a movie about a particular mission. The images I saw and my love of Jesus made me want to do something, so I always had a mission bank to put pennies into to then send off to different missions.
This is how I look at Knots of Love. Each woman who has made one of these quilts has talked about how they have been touched by the spirit of the child it will hold in the future and the sense of peace the Lord gives them as they work on the blankets.. As they put their prayers, love and care into each stitch, they report feeling a strong connection to the blanket they are making. The process has been simplified over the years and now Denise and I make up the kits to hand out. Each kit contains the material and batting cut to size and pinned together. Also added are the simple directions to make these pillow case quilt blankets. The color-coordinated yarn is added as well with everything tied up like the gift that it is.
Just before Christmas 2009, we were able to send twenty blankets to Germany for our missionaries Dieter and Lucy Schade to hand out to the young families they encounter and bless their lives.
Now we are gearing up to send blankets to Honduras this summer with Bob and Angie Valtman’s team. If you wish to contribute to our movement please contact Denise or myself either through the site or at church and we will set you up with a kit.
At Knots of Love we make baby blankets that are sent to various missionary groups around the world to keep babies and small children warm and comforted. Very simple sewing and knoting techniques are used to make these blankets, so anyone who has a desire to reach out can participate and help.
We even have kits that you can take home to work on, so there are no meetings to attend and you can work on them anytime the Spirit leads. The kits contain everything that you need; the material, batting, yarn to knot the blanket and complete instuctions on how to assemble the blankets. You can do whatever part you feel comfortable doing.
Whether you want to help sew, knot or pray over the blankets before they are sent, we have a work of love for you. Will you help make a blanket? Contact Denise McCall or Sharon Doyle for more information.
