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.