DEPLOYMENT | OPERATION KID COMFORT QUILTS

We're sending out a big THANK YOU to the wonderful ladies who made custom photo-quilts for Asher and Silas! These women are a part of the Dorcas Sewing Ministry at New Hope Baptist Church, and they craft comforting quilts for children with a deployed parent. And they, along with the official Operation Kid Comfort program that's facilitated through the YMCA, are eager to make more!

Volunteers at the Armed Services YMCA create custom-made photo transfer quilts and pillows. Each child receives a quilt or pillow; children 7 and under receive a quilt, 8 and older receive a pillow. Operation Kid Comfort quilts and pillows are for the children of our deployed active duty U.S. military service men and women. The quilts and pillows are personally handcrafted to help children cope with the emotional stress during a parent’s deployment. {Get the rest of the info here.}

So if you currently have a deployed spouse and little ones at home who would love to have their own custom quilts with photos of Daddy or Mommy, get in touch with the YMCA and find out about how you can have it done. 

I know we will cherish these quilts for years to come, and are so thankful for the women of the Dorcas Sewing Ministry who devote such time and talent to bless us while we wait for Daddy's return! They are a glowing example of Christ-like love as they follow the pattern of the original Dorcas, and we so appreciate their wonderful ministry to us.

"...there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which is translated Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and charitable deeds which she did." {Acts 9:36}