New Things

• New Jewelry
• New Quarter
• New Stores
• New Opportunities
• New Artisan?

Thursday, the new Joy of Gifting Winter Collection dropped on our website and it's meeting with lots of smiles and purchases at our pop-up this weekend! New jewelry takes A LOT of work, but it's so exciting to bring it to you. This was an area we made a decision to slow down in order to grow faster and it has paid off. I know we miss the monthly drops, but our Joy Box is still filling that gap. And it doesn't mean we won't have new pieces at any other time than the seasonal drops. But the weight of constantly doing something new is a load we gladly only carry 4 times a year now. And it fits the rhythm of fashion.

Thursday also started our 4th quarter - the 3 months where we pray for a harvest that gives us savings for the lean months. It has started well! Thank you to our Joy-Creators and our Joy-Partners who have ordered or shopped this weekend!

We were able this Christmas to put a joint ad in the Munce Christian Bookstore catalog that mails out in a few weeks - it will not only help the sell through of 2 of our most purchased products by Christian Bookstores and Christian Boutique and Gift Stores, but it is also introducing new stores to Alegria's artisan mission and jewelry, and we're adding new Joy-Partners!

There are 2 very large new opportunities for Honduras that I cannot speak about yet, but they would go hand in hand and would be life changing for Alegria in Honduras!

This morning, I would invite you to join me in thanking God for a successful new jewelry launch, a strong beginning for the 4th quarter, and the new Joy-Partner stores that are ordering for the first time with Alegria.

And then would you also pray with me that our 4th quarter will bring a huge harvest and a savings that will carry us through the winter? Would you pray for our Joy Partner stores to sell through their Alegria and need to restock, and that more Munce Christian Bookstores would join us as Joy-Partners and order for their stores before the Christmas catalog? And finally, please pray for these unspoken opportunities for Honduras. Pray that the Lord's will would be evident and accomplished, and that it would lead to new jobs for women who so desperately need them.

Thank you so much prayer partner! Your petitioning and praising on behalf of Alegria sustains our mission!