KnitWits Knews of ArtWalk

KnitWits have been invited to participate in ArtWalk for November!

WOW!!! All over the country different forms of fiber (yarns) are being used for a plethora of fun things.  Our prayer shawl  ministry is one of these "new" things called fiber art. So, Jacque Hull, the owner of Jac-Lin's has invited us to come and share all about what we've been doing.  November is a month to truly celebrate Thanksgiving. 
We are soooo grateful for the opportunity to show our community just some of the things that God has been up to with the KnitWits!

• There will be pictures of some of the people and places that we have sent shawls and hats off to.
• We will also have different types of shawls and hats for people so see.
• A donation jar will be available for people to help with gas $$ for Charity Rescue Mission's next flights into Mexico in November and December.
• And of course, we'll have extra looms and yarn ready to teach anyone who wants to learn right there!

Invite your friends ~

bring your friends to a KnitWit Thanksgiving!!!

 

What a fun time this will be 

@ Jac-Lin's Florist/Art Gallery

Friday Nov. 5th, 6-10pm

Main Street and Maple, in McAllen. 

Knew KnitWits :)

Perla's got it going round!

Getting started

What a lovely morning to sit and knit!

We are so thankful for the time we spent today teaching and making new friends!

GREAT job, JP!!!

We showed pictures from the scrap book and stories of what KnitWits are doing everywhere!  We were then blessed with questions of what they could do to help and how fast would they learn...they are so eager to get involved in God's work and be a part of it! :)

Round and round they go!!!

Mary and Perla starting the brim

 

 Everyone took to the looms quite easily and were able to finish their first baby hats.  

  

Please be praying for God's many blessings over this group.  We were blessed to be a part today!

THANK YOU to everyone for ALL the help!!!

 We've sent two bags of baby hats to McAllen Medical Center for the Auxiliary to use.

They send their thanks to you all! 

The volunteers are very excited at having these to give out to all their new babies!

Thanks again for all your prayers for these new little ones in the world.

Sock Fun!

More fun was had with socks last week! 

 

 What fun that God blesses us with such a great company of KnitWits to be with!  

Hats off for the summer!

Thanks to many for all your efforts!!!!

For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to HIS good purpose!

Philippians 2:13

Another delivery of hats and shawls was made and is ready to go off on the next trip down to Mexico. They are such a beautiful reflection of God's love and work through you all!!! 

It was like looking at a rainbow...God's promise of love to everyone!

Thanks from Pastor Mike and Rosy for all the prayers. There is great comfort and strength when you know that others are lifting you up in prayer.  We know that there are many dangers there, that are worse than previous years, and flooding has made travel there more difficult, too.  BUT, we also know our God is BIGGER!!!  :) So, keep those prayers going up and those purls going round....

We also had a GREAT time last week learning how to make socks on the small loom! 
It was easy to do, so if you're looking for something a little different, check out our new site for patterns.  

Would love to have you contribute your ideas there, too!!!

http://loomknittingknews.blogspot.com/

Start of a busy summer

So much to share!
First a great big thanks to our friend Ruth from Colorado!!! She has sent some lovely items to go with the next Mexico trip...guess that makes her a real KnitWit, now!
The baby blanket with matching hat are just beautiful.
Mary also made a cute pink one that is pictured here.

Beads, Purling and Pom-poms, OH MY!!!

Don't you just love the purled edge to this hat? Lots of fun things happening to hats this summer...

A total of 8 shawls were sent off to China, with Peggy and the Women Connect In China group. Please keep them in your prayers! God is doing amazing things and we are all so grateful. You can keep up with them on their blog: http://www.womenconnectinchina.blogspot.com/

Also, thank you for your continued prayers for KatyLynn up in Ohio. She is doing sooooo well! We praise God for all the love and joy that is being showered on her little life!!!

Thanks to everyone for their faithfulness to prayer.

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace, as you trust in Him so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit...Romans 15:13

And they're off...

How blessed we are! We just sent four lovely shawls off to our friend Peggy to take on their next trip to China. This team leaves at the end of this month, so please be in prayer for this ministry to the women of China. Here is a link to Peggy's blog with the story of how all this began.


http://www.womenconnectinchina.blogspot.com/


We are privileged to participate in this ministry through prayer and now with shawls!


Thank you ladies for your faithfulness!!!

Prayer request for Floriana

There are many updates from Pastor Mike on their latest trip to Durango, and two people in particular you may remember we have been praying for...

Floriana is the little girl that was flown out of the mountains to the city to have surgery to remove a large tumor from her face. That surgery went well and they believed they had gotten most of the tumor. Well, it looks like it may be coming back. They ask for our prayers for Floriana. Her dad, Francisco received the Lord 2 years ago and now wants to learn to read the Bible...PTL for that!


They also got the medicine to Terodora. Her husband met them when they landed and almost cried when he saw them. Apparently she was very ill...here's and excerpt from the newsletter:

We flew her into the capital of Tepic and radioed ahead and let the tower know we had a sick person on board and they said they would call the (Cruz Roja) Red Cross Ambulance. I told them they did not have the money to pay for an ambulance and for years we have flown people there and they remembered me and also said there would be no charge for the ambulance or for our landing and parking...praise the Lord!

So, lets please keep Teodora, Floriana and their families in prayer.

We all thank God, especially for Pastor Mike and those who are so faithful to answer and go wherever God leads!

Katylynn is home!!!

Dear All,

When you called for an update, we were in the middle of a baby shower for another daughter-in-law whose baby is due in July...Ohio is an hour ahead of Texas... so here is our update complete with pictures that Helen just downloaded for me.

The second day that Katie was in Tulsa she got sick with headache,etc... and knew all our prayers were kicking in again when 2 hours into all the important meetings and "learning to care" for Katylynn, she felt much better. The flights home on Wednesday were very eventful but not on Katylynn's part, as she was peaceful. Weather in Chicago had them circling until they'd almost run out of gas and had to land at an airport Champlain, IL and deplane, without use of Katylynn's wheelchair, and wait till they could go to O'Hare. In O'Hare they were put on standby with the possibility of not flying out till Thursday at 9:30 PM!! Again, thanks to our Father hearing all our prayers and the help of "Colleen Murphy". She was the flight attendant who's shift started 8:30 PM, who could not stand the thoughts of them waiting a whole other day. With Colleen's speedy intervention, they got on the last flight to Cleveland and arrived at 11:30PM. Uncle Michael and Aunt Ruthie were waiting and they arrived at home at 12:45AM. Katylynn fell asleep half through that last flight and did not wake up for her homecoming, in fact, till the next AM at 10AM Ohio time!!

Fast forward...we are all in love with her. She is so relational, quick to belly laugh, loves it when we sing to her. It turns out that she is able to see a little bit and, of course, loves to feel "soft blankets made and delivered with love and prayers".

It turns out that Katylynn's roommate was a boy and that a young girl (15years old, also a patient of the hospital, who came to play everyday with her and was so sad she was leaving) was the one who was blessed to receive the second blanket with the promise that every night as they used their matching blankets, Katylynn and Katie will pray for her.

More stories of God's providence when I am back with you and we are sharing and knitting and can thank the Lord again and again and again for His steadfast love and faithfulness.

(Note: Katie Lynn legally changed the spelling of her name in the midst of all the paperwork!!)

Eileen

Back from Mexico

News from Pastor Mike!

We got back fine and we had a good trip safe and a blessing in the mountains as we flew into Gavilanes. The lady with heart trouble was really swollen, so we flew her to the capital of Nayarit, Tepic and the red cross ambulance took her on to the Hospital from there and the good thing they did not charge her and did not charge for our landing fee either, praise the Lord!!


We do have a great blessing and need at the Mission. We are starting a Bible School for the Indian people to fly them in and then back to their village. We have 7 people that is ready to come and just yesterday we got the materials in Spanish for 6 week of training...praise the Lord!!

But the problem is our pump system went out or burnt up, as we had a hose blow off of the bathroom in the clinic and it ran for 2 days. So, we need about $800.00 dollars to replace the pump's pressure tank, as it was to small anyway, and the pressure switch and change the hoses there.
So, keep us in prayer about this, o.k.?

blessings to all, Pastor Mike

Great news about the Bible School!!! Lets keep Tiadora in our prayers, too. And please pass this on to others to join in praying for all that God is doing in the midst of the unrest in Mexico.
'Nothing is too hard for YOU.' Jeremiah 32:17b

...joy and peace!

Eileen has sent us an update on Katie and Katie Lynn...Praying all joy and peace to them!!!
Romans 15:13

Dear All,

I sent the second blanket for Katie Lynn's roommate with Ruth when she went North and our daughter-in-law finished it so it could go on the plane with Katie last night.

Katie called last night after she got in her hotel room at 11PM (our time...being that she is in Tulsa, OK, we are the same time now). Her first words were "Mom, anytime you have something important happening, get the Knit Wits praying!!!"

She went on to say that her trip, (she left Ohio at 7PM with a stop in Chicago and on to Tulsa) was wonderful. She started out nervous and then the peace of the Lord came upon her. Nancy, the Social Worker met her at the airport with a big hug (she has never met Nancy!!!) and Katie said she once again experienced Southern Hospitality which she misses greatly up north!!! And Nancy is almost as excited as Katie.
When Katie checked into the hotel, the clerk's name is Kathryn (just the same spelling as our Katie's and the two mused as most do not spell it that way).

As I write this Katie is meeting and getting to know Katie Lynn!!! and we are trusting that our prayers at Knit Wits, that they bond immediately, are answered too.

May the Father be praised and thanked and Jesus be glorified and the Holy Spirit FILL Katie, Katie Lynn and everyone involved with this "true" story of amazing grace!!!

Thanks again for your prayers and love,

Eileen