Mexico at last!

Those of you who knew I was heading to Mexico to teach sewing are probably saying did she really go? I don't see pictures. Maybe it was all a charade! No, in fact I did go in Feb. and it has taken me that long to figure out how to publish the #*@#* pictures. I am not exactly technology savvy if you couldn't tell :(
The women we go to help live back in time. It is pretty amazing to see. They often don't have electricity and such. We have hoped for years we would be able to teach them skills that would be able to empower them to make a better living and be more independent. There is a strong urge to marry young and have babies. Often the men leave for the U.S. to make a living and only come home once in a while. We're hoping to help change this as they supplement their livings. We're in hopes that more can be done to keep these families together in their home town. We have been trying this for years and determined if they never got the concept that we would continue to go and teach, even if just to provide some creative time for them
Anyway the trip was wonderfully successful. The girls made five quilts. We bought them and took them back to Reynosa where they were auctioned off and then the money sent back to them to buy more fabric. They have since made 10 more which they are sending to Atlanta for us to market for them. We feel like they have gotten the concept at last and now we can build on their skills.