Along God's Path Pt 2

Whenever there is an event about Rwanda, I attend. And I did that a few years ago when a faculty member at PSU Altoona spoke. I introduced myself and we shared our stories. That faculty member shifted her research to another country and we lost touch.

Then this spring I received a call from Nanette Anslinger saying the faculty member directed her to me. It had been several years but she said "call Carol Falke and she will answer questions about Rwanda." You see Nanette had been so touched by Rwanda working with the faulty member and wanted to continue sending items her church and others made for children. God had plans for us to connect and in fact Nanette a retired high school drama teacher is planning to go with me to Rwanda summer of 2016 or spring 2017.

Through Nanette Anslinger we are forging new church partnerships with Trinity Episcopal Church, Tyrone and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Hollidaysburg, along with family members and friends of these parishes. They have sewn 85 "little dresses" and donated them, along with 251 pairs of children's underwear to Hope Made Real’s Urukundo Children’s Home in Rwanda. Two suitcases full will be given to kids at the home, in the community and children in a refugee camp nearby.

"What began five years ago as a Lenten project of sewing "little dresses for Africa" has resulted in over 900 dresses being sent to Rwanda, the Dominican Republic, St. Lucia, Jamaica and parts of West Virginia. This year we added a "Cover Your Butt" campaign collecting over 350 pairs of kids' underwear. The project is now year-round!" ~~Nanette

*Nanette Anslinger and Sally Cupp
*Kids in Rwanda receiving the beautiful dresses.