Fun Facts about
the goodies in our PurSue Hope Market
Tote:
· Our
pink market totes are specially designed and made for us by a company in San Francisco, CA.
·
Mindy
Callahan is good friend of ours, and very supportive of PurSue Hope – she not only has arranged for us to purchase her CDs
at cost but has donated many CDs as well!
As you will hear, the CD is beautiful, and she has a new Christmas CD
being released nationally on Dec. 7th! She is performing live for us this evening!
·
Mindy,
along with Thea O’Donoghue, Independent Arbonne Consultants, arranged for our
awesome Arbonne Lip Saver SPF 30 lip glosses to be donated from Arbonne
International! These are included these because
during treatment, ladies have to be diligent about sunscreen!
·
A dear
friend of mine, Kathryn, was so touched to read about how helpful silk
pillowcases are when going through treatment that she has donated hundreds of
silk pillowcases. She picks them out
herself and wraps them up with a pretty silk ribbon and prays! Initially she selected whites and creams, but
decided that the bright and bold patterns would be more cheery and fun!
·
The beautiful
earrings are a true labor of love from Living
Hope and the Watoto Children’s Villages of Africa. Women in the village made these earrings
specifically for us. In a lovely full
circle, our purchase of these earrings supports these ladies who are being
rescued out of the sex trade and child soldiering so prevalent there. They are being trained in various small
businesses, such as making jewelry and our cross body bags so that they can
support themselves and their families!
When our ladies wear these earrings or use the cross body bags, what
love and an encouragement they are being to ladies across the world!
·
The
cute pink socks were lovingly hand-dyed and wrapped by a good friend and all 8
of her children, 6 of which have been adopted.
On a very tight budget they wanted to get involved so each of the kids
helped to dye and wrap the pairs of socks, including the little jewel(s), and
prayed over the wearers to be!
·
The
Bible ~ Not only is it the most
important item in our bag, to encourage the ladies more than I ever could, but
we thought that everyone could appreciate the “larger print” edition. J
o The Pink NIV version that we have included in
the past bags is now out-of-print (we are waiting for it to come back into
print) – it is awesome if you can find one, with excerpts from women going
through treatment for breast cancer.
·
The soft
little knitted squares are “prayer cloths” made specifically for us by fellow
breast cancer survivors – rather than a prayer shawl, the thought is that they
can tuck this in their bag or purse to remind them that they have been and are
being prayed for.
·
This
same group of ladies knitted the chemo caps as well – they are so nice and soft
to wear. I wore these soft caps at home
to keep warm and cozy when I was without hair.J
·
Whether
the ladies receive a scarf, thermal tote, key fob, rosette or our Fold ‘n Go, each
is a Thirty One item included as a fun pick-me-up item! I am a Thirty One consultant, to help support
PurSue Hope and just love the company
and items!
·
The
notebook and pens are also cute and helpful for the multitude of appointments
and information that each lady is gathering… thought we’d try to make them a
little more fun!
We just wanted you
to know a little about the thoughts behind our PurSue Hope tote and goodies.
The contents change but not the love and prayers! God bless you!
“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest. Take My
yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you
will find rest for your souls. For my
yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30
