Wednesday, December 28, 2011

When Dreams Come True

We would like to share with you the story of Premec Creations.  The story of this project is really the story of three people- Martha Bulley, Amy Hubble, and Chelsea Jones and how God has worked in our lives and brought us together.

The story starts with Martha Bulley, a skilled seamstress and artisan fabric maker who works as a teacher at Hope Christian Academy in Ghana.  She is a women of incredible talent and compassion and dedication to providing women with opportunities for a way out of poverty.  She has dreamed of creating a place for women to learn how to create and sew their own fabrics in order to bring positive change into their lives.  Chelsea Jones spent the last two years living and teaching at the Village of Hope orphanage in Ghana, West Africa where she met Martha.  In May, weeks before Chelsea's departure from Ghana, Martha shared with her a dream for a vocational training center.  It is Martha's dream to open a vocational training center in Gomoa-Fetteh (a nearby village) in order to empower women to support themselves and their families.  Chelsea found a place in this story.  Headed back to the states to enter graduate school, she had been seeking an opportunity to stay involved in Ghanaian work. Amy Hubble, a faithful believer and supporter of the ministry in Ghana, also found herself called to partner in this work.  Amy visited Ghana while Chelsea lived there and desired to be involved in development work in Ghana in a meaningful way.  Her experience and knowledge of business management and finances are crucial to the success of this endeavor.  We believe that traditional methods of giving do not provide the kind of resources necessary to truly empower impoverished women to overcome poverty.  Through the development of tangible skill and micro-financing these women will be given the opportunity to change their own lives, and the future of their children.   

Now, 7 months later, Amy and Chelsea are flying to Ghana to make this dream a tangible reality.  Over the past few months God has blatantly poured out his blessings on our vision.  Thanks to the support of many wonderful people the center will open on January 9th to about 15 women from the Fetteh community.  We will be there to help establish the center and will come back with a better idea of what it will take to operate this ministry.  We will have lots of pictures and stories to share when we return!

Every time we have shared this story we have found people ready to share in it with us.  It is incredible how the passion, love, finances, prayers, and talents of so many have already become a part of the center with us. It is because of people like Megan Jeffries and Kristen Caldwell & the Portland Christian Middle School student council, as well as Metro Church of Christ that this center is possible. We are thankful for each of you and your interest and support of this ministry to women across the world.  This story is bigger than us.  We would love for you to be a part of this story.

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