Hearts & Hands Booth

Craft Sale This Weekend

Come to St. Joseph Parish this weekend for their annual fair trade event. Since I am in Hong Kong, the FTE committee members have volunteered to serve at the Hearts & Hands booth. My thanks to the ladies for making this possible. Come support many worthwhile causes that make a difference in the world.

Hearts & Hands Sale

All Jane's craft sales are over for this year. She has some Hearts & Hands stock left and will be happy to sell you the products. Below is the list of products and prices along with photos. Some of the quantities are very limited. Email Jane at <heartsjane@yahoo.com> if you would like to order or have questions about colors, quantity, etc.


HEARTS & HANDS PRODUCTS & PRICES


#1 Christmas                                                                                      
Nativity Wall Hanging   $35
Merry Christmas ‘ILY Hands’   $25
Small Nativity Wall Hanging    $15
Angel Apron  $15


#2 Christmas Ornaments
Reindeer  $5
Mary/Jesus Red  $10
Mary/Jesus Gold $10
Chinese Angel  $5
Santa Panda finger puppet $4
Holly Leaves $2
Photo Frames  $3




#3 Celtic Wall Hangings
Trinity w/Circle  $25
Double Trinity w/Heart $25







#4 Minority Striped
Aprons  $15
Set of 2 Pot Holders  $10







#5 Wall Hangings
God Loves the World Cross $20
Welcome $15
Faith, Hope, Love $15
Circle of Friends $15




#6 Puppets, Dolls, Turtle
Large Puppet $50 (only 2 left)
Minority Dolls $20
 (Miao, Dai, Bai, Manchu Male, Manchu Female)
Turtle Pin Cushions $5






#7 Chinese Doll Clothes
     (Fits 16” American Doll-style)
Pajamas (red, pink, lavender, blue) $15
Dress (blue, lavender, pink)  $15







#8 Assortment
Pillow Covers (red, green, blue) $10
Tissue Box Cover  $5
Notecards (set of 5)  $10
Jewelry Clutch  $10
Headbands (2 styles)  $5
Coasters (faith, hope, love, blessings) $5





#9 Travel bags
Lingerie bags  $8
Shoe bags  $8







#10 Totes, Purses
Minority-striped Totes (red, green) $15
Tote/diaper bags  $15
Shoulder bag  $15
Chinese purse  $15
Canvas Shoulder Bag (black, brown, navy) $20
Large Wallet  $5





#11 Cross-stitch (not HH product)
Made by poor village women in Yunnan
Province
Cross on Black cloth  $20
Bookmarks  $2.50







RAMSEY BOOKS
“Baby in a Box”  $18
“Backing in Front Door” $15
“The House”  $15
“Will You Go?”  $3

Dominican Adventure!

Great time in the Dominican Republic but returned exhausted. The trip had equal amounts of struggle and blessings. I thank all of you for praying for Dana and I. We definitely needed your prayers as plans changed, storms came and many obstacles to overcome. It was a strong spiritual battle at times so we are not just exhausted physically but also mentally and spiritually.

The children and staff at the Deaf school blessed us so much. Since my ASL skills have improved, I was able to communicate with the staff, students and visiting African teacher. I did not remember much Spanish from my high school days. I always think (and speak occasionally) in Chinese when I am in any foreign country! Crazy but true.

The teaching technique I used seemed to work well. The problem was two of my students knew no sign language. Not certain they benefited but enjoyed the coloring and craft time.

Here are a few observations of my two weeks in Hata Mayor:

Never saw even one person smoking

Third world countries have many similarities

Will never take for granted having running water (without water for 4 days so collected rain water for flushing toilet, showers and washing hair)

Gasoline was $8 a gallon so few cars but many motorbikes

So encouraged by the commitment of the teaching staff for the welfare of the students