TY - BOOK AU - Richardson,Arlene TI - Threads: One family's unlikely adventure in business, mission and church planting SN - 9780985219215 AV - BV3299 .T474 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - [Place of publication not identified] PB - Threads: One Family's Unlikely Adventure in Business, Mission and Church Planting N1 - Columbia International University Alumni Author; Foreword --; Introduction --; Special Delivery --; New Beginnings --; Trials&Treasures --; The Little Village Woman; Life Lessons --; Important Decisions --; The Pages of Your Life --; An Arranged Marriage --; Time for a Wedding; From Scraps to Quilts --; Quilts of Tears --; Doctor's Orders --; A Modern-Day Boaz --; Business as Blessing --; A Broken Nose --; Dolls to Reach an Island --; Letting Go --; Today and Beyond --; About the Author; 2; b N2 - How could they even begin to help? The unexpected answer came in the form of a cardboard box of quilts from North Carolina and a tiny village woman who became a treasured member of their family. Arlene, who had never sewn a quilt in her life, launched a business venture that brought Muslim and Christian employees under one roof, designing, cutting and sewing quilts for beds 7,000 miles away in America. Threads recounts the Richardson's journy-the sorrow, joy and unbelievable answers to prayer that sustained them in their labors and drew their family into a story that only God could write ER -