Do you know Kate Estes from Hands and Hearts?  You might have met her in the Fall 2005 issue of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine "HisStory" column.  She shared with us "Homegrown Clothes From Garden to Garment."  They also have a wonderful company called "Hands & Hearts."

It has been a year of trial for this family.  Probably more than I could bear, if it was ours.  But they handle it with much trust in the Lord, and by His grace they keep going.

The homeschool community is banding to gether to help them right now, and you can help too AND receive not only an eternal blessing, but an instant one to boot!

Take a look at this letter from Jim Erskine of Great HomeSchool Videos: (please forgive the spacing problem--I can't seem to fix that right now)

 Hi friends,

I know that some of you may be right in the middle of your
Independence Day holiday, but I just wanted to take a moment
to send out this sneak peek notice about a very special event
that we would like to invite you to be a part of.

You may already know the Estes family, who operate
www.handsandhearts.com. We've put together an online benefit
to bless this fellow homeschooling family, who have seen
far more than their share of trials and difficulties this
past year.

In fact, DOZENS of the Estes family's friends
& associates have rallied around this project and
contributed a truly HUGE package of wonderful homeschool
and family resources as a "thank you gift" to folks who can
help us in this worthy effort.

Here's the site that explains all about this online benefit
and how it works:

http://www.chirotoons.com/benefit

We'll be sending out another email about this tomorrow,
but I wanted to give you an advance "heads up"... so you can
be the first to take a look at this before everyone else
passes along word of it to their lists.

(To be honest, You are my guinea pigs...
if you have any problem at all accessing the page
or any question about it, please let me know so I can fix it
before this is released to the general public. Thanks!)

You truly won't believe all the resources that have been
donated for this. It is really an amazing outpouring of love
and support. Please take a look... YOU can be a real
blessing to a family in need...and in return, YOUR FAMILY
will receive can also receive a blessing from
the wonderful selection of resources that you'll find there.

http://www.chirotoons.com/benefit

Thanks so much,

The Erskine Family
Great Homeschool Videos.com

PO Box 187, Canmer, KY, 42722, United States

Be sure to check out the links.  This is an amazing offer, and you will be blessing someone who really needs it right now!  Thanks so much for doing your part in the body of Christ,

Homeschooling Is Life,

Nancy
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