There is a tradition in Ch*na ----
To welcome and celebrate a new life, there is a tradition in the northern part of China to make a Bai Jia Bei, or 100 Good Wishes Quilt. It is a custom to invite friends and family to contribute a patch of cloth with a wish for the baby. Part of the patch of cloth goes into the quilt for the baby, and the other part of the cloth can go into a creative memory notebook with the wish for the child. The quilt contains the luck, energy, and good wishes from all the families and friends who contributed a piece of fabric. The quilt is then passed down from generation to generation.
What a treat to read the good wishes when the child is older to know how much they were wanted!
We would LOVE to put one of these together for Caleb. I want him to be able to see how many people love him and helped pray and bring him home. ANYONE can be a part of it.
What we would like is for you to send us a 6X6 square of fabric made of 100% cotton. You can send a square of new material or a piece of fabric/clothing you have. Something that you love. Along with it send a wish (can be a prayer, wish, advice, scripture, poem, song, anything you want him to know!) The wish can be written on a card, stationary, piece of paper, really anything. If you want to explain why you chose the fabric you did, you can but don't need to :)
We will then be putting all the wishes into a scrapbook for him to look at in the future. I will have a picture of the fabric next to the "wish" you wrote in the scrapbook so he knows what or who each square represents. The fabric pieces will be created into a quilt!!! This is something that he will always have. Love it!!!
I know that 100 is a lot. But I also know that we have received soooo many messages from people who are praying and following Caleb's journey. Please consider taking part of this!!!
Email us at prevostbj AT att.net if you need our address.
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Another note we are 1 wk and 12 hrs until we are holding our boy!!!!! I'll be posting soon some fun ideas we are doing to help the kids pass the time while we are gone :)
What a fun idea! I'll see what we can't find here...shouldn't be too hard...lots of fabric. :-)
ReplyDeleteHey, I'm going into Osh. tomorrow if you need anything last minute, just give me a call! Can't believe you are SOOOOO close! :-)