Christmas in August

Today you may find yourself in a pair of shorts just finishing up soccer practice.  Thoughts of the Christmas season are probably far from mind.  Would you allow me to step into the "Christmas Spirit" with you for a few moments?

Let's just try and see what happens.  Begin by pushing play on the song below:

The Christmas tree is decorated.  Family schedules are aligned.  School is coming to a close.  It’s Christmas time!!!  You know what they say, “it’s the most wonderful time of the year!”

There are many details and planning that accompany the holiday season.  Let me help you with some of the logistics and details that are sure to be a part of your life over the next few months.

Many of you by now have seen and heard about the jewelry project I am a part of with several ladies from church.  Two mornings a week women gather together on the property at Baptist Haiti Mission to make hand-made jewelry out of cereal boxes.

A box of Frosted Flakes cut and ready to be rolled around the skewer to form a bead.

The purpose of the jewelry project can be summarized by Proverbs 31:27, "She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness."

Several of the ladies hard at work.

Obtaining a steady income is incredibly difficult if not impossible for several families in Haiti.  By learning a trade and having an outlet for sales, families within churches connected with BHM are being changed.

Mothers, Children, and Grandchildren all enjoy making the jewelry.

Over the past few months I have heard from several of you that you would be interested in purchasing jewelry as Christmas gifts.  Well, ‘tis the season to buy some jewelry!  Due to scheduling, and delays that came come from relying on handy dandy snail-mail, I am currently taking orders for Christmas gifts and other occasions.

If you or anyone you know would be interested in purchasing some pieces, please contact me at: csalter327@gmail.com.

For a few pictures and price examples of the jewelry, click on the "jewelry project" section you see at the top of this page.   We also have earrings $5. 

Don't delay, get out those pens and papers and figure out the names of those on your “gift list.”  The jewelry has been a huge success.  Little girls, teenagers, and women all love the pieces.  By giving the jewelry as a gift to a friend or family member for Christmas, you are also giving a gift to a precious woman in Haiti.

For the record, I am SEVERLY against listening to Christmas music until after Thanksgiving.  However, I was willing to put that to the side today for the sake of the cause.