Here's the messenger bag I made. Sewing continues to be fun, except that I learned in the process of my classes that I don't like being corrected and I don't mind making mistakes. I am remembering now my first few scarves that got progressively wider as they got longer. Oops.

I also just finished a largish blanket out of Blue Sky Cotton ($1 per skein here instead of $9). It was a lot of fun to knit- super soft. The packaging on the yarn says, "Wrap yourself in a cloud of comfort." I think they got it right. I'm hoping to make some baby blankets out of the same yarn in the future. Let me know if you're pregnant!

Tim also has been painting away, but we decided not to put photos of his work on the blog. Since the only classes available for him were figure painting and figure drawing, they're all nudes. He managed to pawn one of them off on a European urologist missionary. Not sure what we'll do with the others.

This evening we leave for Christmas vacations: Dec 20-26 in Puerto Supe and Dec 27- Jan 8 in Buenos Aires. Please pray for our time away, specifically in Puerto Supe. My #1 prayer is that we will begin to develop friendships with the people there. We will also be looking for a house to live in. Please pray for our time with our teammates to be a blessing to us and to them, and pray that we will have a sense of peace, comfort, and purpose in Puerto Supe, that we will be aware that we are in Puerto Supe with God, doing His work.

2 comments

1. Marty on December 19, 2007 at 4:04 PM

   Have a wonderful Christmas break--we will surely miss you here!

    
2. Anonymous on December 22, 2007 at 2:48 PM

   Hannah,
   Don't ever let your creativity be about perfectionism. There's a saying among Amish quiltmakers that "Only God can make something perfect" so their tradition is to put an intentional mistake into their patchwork. I find no need to make intentional mistakes as my creativity usually makes one for me. Your messenger bag's fabulous and I am enthralled with my goodie bag of yarn that arrived yesterday. What fabulous yarn prices you've found there--- inflated in the states ninefold due to transportation costs, most likely.
   Hugs and prayers to you and Tim during this time searching for your new home and God's will for you.
   Love,
   Martha