Blessed in Valparaiso, Indiana

Below is a newspaper article from the local paper in Valparaiso, Indiana on November 21st. The support we continue to receive from city to city or state to state is amazing.  Our world is full of caring people who love children regardless of their skin color.  I'm touched that our story touches other people's hearts.  Check out the corner of the picture, it's our kids!

Jason

By Susan O'Leary Times Correspondent


WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP | Christmas shoppers elbowed through jewelry, candles, and chip dip Saturday and discovered some unique offerings at the Holidaze Arts and Crafts Show at the Porter County Expo Center.  

At a booth called All About Abigail, Heather Osborn, of Mattawan, Mich., displayed multicolored bead necklaces and bracelets made from recycled magazines and fingerless mittens sewn from recycled wool sweaters.

Women in Ugandan refugee camps make the jewelry, while Osborn and her friend, Monica Lull, sew the mittens. Proceeds provide food and education to women in the camps and help fund adoptions of Ugandan orphans.

"They have nothing, but they are so rich because they are happy," said Osborn, who spent four months in Uganda when she and her husband adopted their daughter, Abigail, there last June.

Since both women learned to sew in October, they've made 400 mittens.

"They are great for texting and ice fishing," said Lull. "We have bus drivers and mail carriers who buy them."

Osborn and Lull met last March, but Lull plans to travel with Osborn on her next Ugandan trip.

"We believe God has blessed us completely and brought us together to do this," Lull said.

Shopper Karen Anton, of Crown Point, purchased two angels made in Uganda from banana leaves from Osborn.

"We were intrigued by the charity story behind this and the craftsmanship," Anton said.