The baskets just arrived and are absolutely beautiful, it will be my pleasure to wrap and give as gifts this year - Thank you so much for my order and everything you are doing for Gifts of Life! I will definately buy more baskets in the future! Jill


Dear Kim, The world is blessed with people like you. I am so grateful that I finally took the time to walk into your shop in No. Conway to see the incredible and unique wares that you sell. Listening to you converse about your dreams of helping less fortunate people, and your mission to help Joseph and his village makes me proud to know you. Your purpose is so admirable and yet so overwhelming. I promise I will speak of your mission to every person I come in contact with, and will send them to your shop. You will see me again soon. Hopefully the people of this valley will join forces to help your Kenyan family....village to village. Barbara M.


Kim- We just arrived home and I anxiously opened our email hoping to get the forward from you. I have not stopped thinking about your involvement with the family in Kenya and the mission you and your husband went out on a limb to begin. It took a great deal of passion and courage to begin such a task as you have taken on! We need more people like you in this world. So many times so many of us THINK about doing such things but never get around to doing it. You will continue to be blessed because of your efforts. If there is anything we can do to help you we will be happy to do so. We look forward to retirement (hopefully in North Conway) and time to pursue worthwhile efforts such as yours. I think it would be nice if you had more publicity about your projects. Has anyone contacted WMUR to have their Chronicles series do a special with you? If not, I would be happy t o try to line something up for you. Meeting you and seeing what you are doing gave us such inspiration and was definitely the highlight of our week in North Conway. Thank you for forwarding the information. God Bless! Sharon and Bob S.

..."I love this work for more than one reason: It is very beautiful and ethrocentric and the cause that the sakes represent. I pray that perhaps oneday I could stsrt a bussiness such as this one. Plesde let ne know of any upcoming events, Thanks, Karen"

..."Thanks for the good work you are doing it's so great we request kindly to extend it in our poor community village in Mubende(uganda) because at our project we are ready to work with you . for more info, please have a look at our website; www.goodhopeinitiative.org thank you and God bless you , DEO Director"

..."My father is from Belgium, my mother and her family originally from Rwanda. I learned to make pine needle baskets in British Columbia, Canada and baskets became my love. My dream is one day to go to Rwanda and other places in Afrika and I would like to go learn basketry there. Do you think there are possibilities through your organisation. My diploma is social cultural worker..."

..."I found this shop last summer when I went to North Conway for my annual White Mountains camping trip, and bought the most adorable necklace with turtles on it. All of my friends loved it, and were disappointed to learn that I bought it hundreds of miles away! This year, I returned to find that the shop was GONE!!!! But as we were walking up the street, my mom said, "Hey, there's your shop!" It wasn't gone after all; it just moved! Thank you very much!"

..."I live in Maine, I saw the items on Tv that why i'm intrest in these items."

..."Hello!!! Nice site. I am very interested in learning more about your organization!"

..."RECENTLY FOUND STORE IN N CONWAY, NH. LOVED THE ITEMS AND LOVED THE CAUSE. WONDERFUL STORE"

..."Moved by the descriptions and stories from Africa."

..."It's nice to see the giving!!"