This is a sweet story about women encouraging other women in distant places. In June 2011 we donated 10 Heavenly Handbags to different recipients. We conducted our usual bi-monthly Give, stuffing ten handcrafted Heavenly Handbags. However, these handbags where delivered to widows in Guatemala, brave and courageous women raising their family with no home to call their own.
We partnered with Mission Outfitter who took a mission team to Guatemala to build homes for widows. We brought some of our handcrafted handbags and stuffed each handbag with hot pads, wood spoons, soaps, towels, and more items to say "Welcome Home." At the end of the construction the team would bow their heads pray for the new home, the future of the widow's family, and then deliver each Heavenly Handbag. It was truly a touching moment!
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| Heavenly Handbags ready for delivery to the 10 widows |
I had the immense privilege to pray over a widow's new home and her beautiful boys, and personally deliver a Heavenly Handbag. A moment I will truly never forget. Even now tears stream down my face as I reflect back on that moment. It is in these moments of reflection that I know and understand that God is in the midst of this ministry, creating unique opportunities such as this to encourage different women in need.
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| Delivery of a Heavenly Handbag |
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| Praying as a united team for the widow and her family |
While on this mission trip I purchased 10 crocheted handbags from another widow. Each handbag is lovingly crocheted to pay her her children's education. The handbags provided 4.5 months of schooling for two of her children. Once back in Durango we used these crocheted handbags to stuff and donate to homeless and abused women here in Durango for our next Give. Cool, right?
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| Crocheted handbags by a widow in Guatemala & delivered to homeless and abused women here in Durango |
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| Ready for Delivery |
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