WSC Projects
Women Serving Christ’s projects
2010 Lydia House/Open Door Mission Sock Drive
26 pounds or 260 items of new socks and undergarments was delivered to the Open Door Mission.
58 pairs of women’s underpants
31 pairs of women’s socks
29 pairs of girl’s underpants
30 pairs of girl’s socks
2 bras
1 tank top
45 pairs of men’s socks
39 pairs of boy’s underpants
25 pairs of boy’s socks
Pill Bags for Central Africa Medical Mission
At the CAMM (they don’t have prescription bottles; so they put the medicine/pills into these bags, tie them shut and send them home with the patient.
Instructions for making the bags:
Any material is fine. Colored / colorful material is preferred.
1. Cut cloth 6 inches by 5 inches.
2. Cut 13 inch piece of cord.
3. Place cord on a 6 inch side of fabric, fold over ¾ inch and sew along edge of folded fabric. Be careful not to sew cord tight to fabric
4. Fold in half with right sides of fabric together.
5. With cord fold on top, sew along open side and across the bottom.
6. Trim the corners, turn the bag right side out and push out the corners.
Before we ship the finished bags, we type Bible verses in the appropriate language for the patients of Malawi or Zambia, and insert them into each bag.
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Befriend A Mission
The Befriend A Mission (BAM) program encourages women of the LWMS to remember the missions of WELS as well as the missionaries who serve them. Every two years, the LWMS circuits are assigned specific world and home missions. The women of the circuit pray for those missions, write letters of encouragement, and sometimes send small gifts or care packages.
LWMS reports that WELS missionaries have responded enthusiastically to the Befriend a Mission program. Below is an excerpt from one of their letters:
One of the Lord’s means of protecting and supporting us is the Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society. We are especially grateful for the prayers offered, the cards received, and the gifts sent. Every family on this mission field firmly believes that our safety is solidly in the Lord’s hands, and has been propped up by the constant petitioning of LWMS prayer groups and individuals. Knowing there are large numbers of Christians praying for our safety gives us a great deal of comfort. We thank the Lord, and we thank you for this valuable loving support.
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Past Projects
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