²⁰ She opens her arms to the poor
and extends her hands to the needy.

Inspired by an upcoming service project at my MOPS group, I gathered items for midwife supply kits for an organization called Global Health Ministries (GHM).

GHM sends medical supplies to undeveloped areas of the World.  Look at the list below for the contents of a midwife kit which are used for the birth of a child.

ONE MIDWIFE KIT contains:
(Please use new or clean used items in good condition)

• 2 cord ties: 8″  heavy white knit/crochet cotton (used to tie umbilical cord)
• 1 razor blade (single-edge, safety-wrapped), may be purchased at a home improvement store
• 1 regular size bath towel
• 1 36″ square muslin or sheeting
• 1 wash cloth (thin)
• 1 bath size bar Ivory soap
• 1 newborn stocking cap (keep hand-knit ones very small)
• 1 small cotton-blend or flannel shirt (to waist only as the babies do not wear diapers)
• 1 receiving blanket
• 1 pair plastic or latex gloves (clean, not sterile), NO kitchen gloves

After seeing the list item White Cotton String (used to tie umbilical cord), I was compelled to donate to such a cause!

Imagine being a new Mom thankful for the simple razor blade, used to cut your baby’s cord, because you have no other sharp, clean tool. Wow!

I said a prayer of hope, for all the little ones and their mamas, that will use the items I prepared. My heart leaped for joy as I pictured slobbery newborns wrapped in the comfort of flannel and snuggled by their caregivers.

Ryan and Molly got in on the chance to open their arms to the poor. They loved picking out the items for the “little babies from Madagascar”. Leah and Claire helped by donating their preemie hats and a few bottomless tees.

Love,

Jess

Consider making mid-wife kits for GHM!

Proverbs 31:19

¹⁹ In her hand she holds the distaff
and grasps the spindle with her fingers

Let me set my distaff down for a minute, so I can type a little faster. Um, wait my fingers are busy grasping a spindle.

A spindle? Didn’t Sleeping Beauty prick her finger on such a thing?

Research needed!

You can make thread from unspun fibers and some mysterious combination of spindle whorling, wrist spinning,  yarn hitching and hooking.

Which means I will go to a fabric store and purchase some thread.

However, I will not be getting of the hook so easily. I am going to pull out my sewing machine that is collecting dust in the garage.

Did I mention I’ve used old hand-me-down my sewing machine twice?

It’s time to reconnect and re-learn how to use the contraption.

Love,

Jess

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