Up coming June visit...

Hi everyone! And welcome to our Hands For Hope blog! I'm Ang (the sister of Val who is a missionary that lives in Rwanda) and after much prayer and even more importantly answered prayers, I'm making a trip, my first, to Rwanda in June. Here at home things have been crazy with all the planning. Flights and other arrangements and of course shots! One may be scared by the list of vaccinations needed and the rather long needles but I think I'm getting used to it. I actually leave May 30th but with two flights of several hours it will take about a day to actually get there! I'm so excited to see Val after over a year and a half and meet the rest of her family. I'm even more excited to "dig my hands in" and do something to help these wonderful people my sister fell in love with.
Our plans at this point for the Hands For Hope project is to raise as much money as possible to help with expenses. I'm hoping that we will be able to buy several sewing machines in Rwanda, supplies and also secure a place for the little sewing "shop". The women also have interest in jewelry making and for anyone who knows me knows this is right up my alley! I'm anxious to see what fun beads and gems they have available to them. We are looking forward to helping these ladies develop a sense of confidence and security of being able to provide much needed necessities to their families. Like in Vals letter, we are not looking for this to be a "handout" project but something that the ladies can learn, do and take ownership of.
This may be some what of a "slow" or boring blog because there won't be posts daily, weekly or maybe not even monthly depending on the stage of the project. But it will be a great spot to keep in touch with what is going on. You can expect many pictures to come in  June/July of my trip and hopefully soon after we get them working, pictures of their handmade products. You may even have the chance to buy some of them! So keep us checking us out or make sure you are getting our emails.

~Angela