Baskets of Blessing

The Basket Class in Onaville is producing beautiful baskets and is now completely run by the Haitian ladies.  It has been a joy and blessing to work alongside Madame Julia. She is Pastor Massillon’s wife and has become a precious friend!  Julia has 15 new ladies making baskets and 10 helpers.  The helpers are the ladies that graduated from the first class who produced quality work.  During the course, each lady makes 5 to 8 baskets, which are sold in the NVM Project Hope Gift Shop.  Each lady makes enough money to feed her family each month. And after the course they will continue to make baskets for the ministry.  It’s a joy to teach this fun skill to these ladies! It is something that gives them hope for a better future.

Haitian ladies teaching Haitian ladies :)

Joy in working together!

As you can see from the pictures, these baskets are beautiful works of art! The ladies are very proud of their work and each is made with a unique style of hand sewing.  It can take a half day or more to make one basket, depending on the size.

New Fall designs - beautiful! 

New Christmas baskets - the work of 15 new basket makers :)

Each basket will be tagged with their picture and then sold to mission team members who come to the NVM Compound.  We also now have a small market of the baskets being sold in the States.  If you are interested in purchasing a basket, you can contact me anytime. My email is cheryl.warner@cru.org.

Serving on your behalf in Haiti,

Jim & Cheryl Warner