7-31 Three Kinds of Craft

7-8 Small Crocheted Handbags

Hiroko was asked to make the knitted handbags for the neighbor’s Hakujin lady, and for her daughter.  She said she would pay for that.  Hiroko doesn’t like to make any knitted things for sale.  How much money for a bag would be satisfied for Hiroko’s time and effort.  It would take about 8 to 10 hours to make a bag, so 9 hours  multiplied minimum wages $10.00 equal $90.00 and plus materials.  Wow, Hiroko has never calculated before.  It is too much.  Hearing “thank you!” and “I love to use this” are much satisfying to Hiroko’s heart. 

These are the knitted bags.

7-13 Covenant Nursing Home

Church visitation group planned to visit the Covenant Nursing Home in June for celebrating Mothers’ Day and Fathers’ Day.  It is nice to take a bouquet to ladies, and something for gentlemen.  One of the members made the origami fish and put two fish together on a stick.  Hiroko made origami irises and put two together with leaves.  Hopefully, giving  those origami fish and flowers would make them happy. 

Two fish on a stick.

Two iris flowers together with leaves.

We couldn't go visiting the nursing home in June, but visited them on July 13, Sunday.

7-20 Puppet Shows

During the summer time, Devon Church Sunday School gave S.S. teacher break, so volunteers take their turn to watch the children down stairs during the Worship Service.  Puppet Group took twice, responsibilities to watch children one Sunday in July and another one in August. 

Puppet Group leader made a decision to play on Sunday, July 20, the story of Daniel’s three friends.  They were put into the King Nebuchadnezzar’s furnace, but they weren’t burnt at all.  King put the three boys but there were four people walking around inside the furnace said in the Bible.  And another one is Jonah in the belly of the big fish.

These two were made for the Puppet shows. 

Left one is four people walking around inside the burning furnace, and other one is one man, named Jonah are inside the belly of a big fish.  It is not patch work; instead Hiroko cut the felt and glued those pieces together.  It is better than paper.  These sceneries can be used so many times.   It is the most primitive craft, but Hiroko drew the pictures and cut up the pieces and put them together with glue.  She needs the special skills.  Is it Okay to call this craft?

This is the puppet show of Jonah inside the big fish.

The children are watching the shows.

The reason for putting those three boys in the furnace is that they didn’t bow down to the statue of King Nebuchadnezzar (BC 650).  Those three boys said that they would not bow down any to statue other than the God who made this Universe.  Quote from the actual words from those three boys said in the Bible, Daniel 3:16-18 “Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter.  If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and he will rescue us from your hand, O king.  But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.”

The other one of Jonah in the big fish story is that God told Jonah to go to the town called Nineveh and ask them to repent for saving themselves.  Jonah didn’t want people in Nineveh to be saved, so he ran away.  On the way to the different town than Nineveh by ship, the sea was raged and Jonah knew that this raged sea is because of him, so Jonah told to captain the throw him into the sea.  They did, then the sea calmed down, and Jonah was swallowed by the big fish.  If you are interested to know the end of the story, please read Jonah in the Bible.  It is a very short story, only four short chapters.