In July 2010, Remote Island Ministries, a ministry of the Christian and Missionary Church in Ft. Pierce, Florida, delivered 20 quilts to Old Bight Gospel Chapel and Mission Home, an orphanage, on Cat Island in the Bahamas. Mother and Daughters Quilt Ministries had contacted Remote Island Ministries late in 2009 about partnering with them to send quilts to the children in the orphanage on Cat Island. In early 2010, twenty quilt tops were ready to be finished into quilts for the children. Mother and Daughters Quilt Ministries, along with the Alliance Women's group of the Ft. Pierce Alliance Church held a quilting bee to finish the quilts. About 15 women met together at the Ft. Pierce, Florida church on a Saturday and completed the quilts. Several women pinned the tops and backs of the quilts together, while others stitched them together. At the end of the day, 20 quilts were finished.
Remote Island Ministries has been taking mission trips to Cat Island for number of years, encouraging the pastors on the island, repairing churches, and helping others on the island however they are needed. Visiting the orphanage, running a Vacation Bible School for the children, and providing supplies has become a part of the work volunteers with Remote Island Ministries do on the island. These mission trips are open to anyone who has a heart to serve others in Jesus name. To find out more about this ministry, check out their website: http://remoteisland.org
Here are some pictures of the children at the orphanage with their new quilts.
