Earlier this year, the Mole St. Nicolas sewing students made dresses for the girls living in the campus orphanage. The girls loved their new dresses, and the boys were asking when the students were going to make something for them.
Well the wait is over! For the past two months, the Mole sewing students have been learning how to make boys' clothes, and they made white dress shirts for all the boys in the orphanage. The shirts were a big hit!
We love seeing the students helping children in their community. Your continued support of the sewing students makes special moments like this possible.
Pray for Haiti
We're asking all of our friends to once again pray for Haiti. There's been a lot of civil unrest in and around the larger cities, and it's having a ripple effect throughout the country.
Our Port-de-Paix sewing school has been closed this week, because of the protests and roadblocks in Port-de-Paix. Traveling to the school right now is too dangerous for our students and staff. There are rumors of more protests next week.
The Mole is fairly peaceful, but due to the gas crisis, the electric company has stopped the normal electric supply so our students have been without power. Unfortunately, many of their sewing machines require power, although we do have a few treadles. We're prepared to purchase more treadle sewing machines, so power won't be an issue in the future, but the roadblocks throughout the country are making it impossible for us to travel to get the machines.
Please join us in praying for this nation and the people who live there. Thank you for your continued support.
"The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective." James 5:16
Welcome new students
We'd like to introduce you to 5 new students who are joining the Mole St. Nicolas sewing program!
From left to right: Chrislande, Lucena, Jamsen, Renise, and Marilia.
A few students had to drop the class, but there was no shortage of people interested in taking their spots. Since we are already a year into the three-year program, we had to select students who already have some experience sewing.
You may recognize a few familiar faces - Chrislande, Renise, and Marilia - were in our first introduction to sewing program back in 2016/2017. They're excited to learn more advanced techniques from Professor Johnson.
Please give our new students a warm welcome!
