Next month, Sandi is going up to the States and will be hosting 2 jewelry parties to inaugurate our new business. If we do well at the parties, we hope to really start making this a business by hiring more Ecuadorian women & by launching a website so that you all back home can keep tabs on and order our newest creations :)
The coolest part of this new idea is the hope to use it as a ministry. We hope to make a set number of jewelry that can be duplicated so that we can give work to specific Ecuadorian ladies who need extra income. We already have one lady, Margarita, who is going to work for us and help us make this beautiful jewelry. Providing this opportunity to her has been such a blessing to us as we have been desiring to get into the community in a new way and as she is currently living on $36 a month and is unemployed because she is in a wheelchair. The ultimate goal is to have a legitimate business by the time Compassion Connection moves out to our new building in Latacunga, where a whole indigenous group has been relocated. With this business we hope to employ women from that group, aka our future neighbors!
God is in ultimate control of this business endeavor, but it is really neat to see just how He is letting the artist in Sandi come out and in such a 'tent-making' way that will still bring the Good News to our Ecuadorian neighbors! Please partner with us in prayer as we take on this new vision :) :)
Here is a sneak peak of our jewelry thus far:
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