I was away from the church attending a family wedding in Illinois when the envelopes were first distributed but I heard about it. On September 27-29, I went to Paris Landing State Park for Equal Justice University-- the Tennessee Poverty Lawyers' In service training. Martha, a friend from Morristown, volunteers for Maya Works. www.mayaworks.org. Mayan women from the highlands for Guatemala make crafts. Martha had a booth to sell the crafts. According to the publicity Mayaworks returns all sales profits to fund scholarships, training programs and provides micro-credit to the artisans and their families. I bought 3 beaded fish key chains. At that time, I did not know that you had preached about the loaves and fishes. I thought it was the parable of the talents. I used two key chains to give to participants in a seminar session I co-taught. Martha heard about that and was pleased. I gave the third to Virginia who collects key chains. The key chains were $6.95 each. I took an envelope last Sunday; it contained $10. I asked my Sunday school class what they thought of my actions; they thought they were appropriate particularly since I had been drawn to the fish.
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