Rolling Bandages for Jesus
Like something from an old black and white TV show, their faces look young and vibrant. Their large print dresses must have been a kaleidoscope of color. But the black and white echoes that most have gone home to the Lord. It seems so odd to think that women would gather on a Monday night once a month to pack a missionary barrel to go to India. One of their own was helping lepers in India. Karin and I would take torn sheets and roll bandages. I often wondered about the person whose wounds would be bound by the fruit of our labors. These women made quilts to cover the lepers while I was rolling bandages. Before the night was over, several quilts would be finished. A page from LIFE magazine served as a pattern. Colors and texture were blended and pinned together on those pages. A zip through the sewing machine and a quilt was finished in hours. Once the bandages were rolled, the quilts lovingly folded, the barrel filled, and prayed over, it was time for dessert and coffee