Gifts from across the sea...

A good friend of my Husband recently served another tour in Afghanistan. Before he left we made up a care package of different items for him to take. Included in that was a Bible with some passages marked for him. He is not a Christian....yet. The children also made things for him to remind him of home. He was so moved by this he picked up a few items for us while over there. When I heard this I was very excited but had no idea they were going to be this grand.

This is a hat worn mostly by people in the cities. It is hand made. The picture doesn't do it justice. There is so much detail to it.

This is a wool hat worn by men in the country, shepherds and farmers. Also handmade, you do not see handmade items like this any more here in the states.

This is I believe a table cloth, although Adam thought it may be a blanket. This is also hand made. Woven in green and gold thread. It has such detail. It is pretty large, I have though about putting it on our table on special occasions, like Christmas and Easter. I would not know how to clean it it anything got on it. I could get a clear plastic table cloth to place over it. Any other ideas on how to display it?

This is also the same pattern as the above picture. But on a smaller scale. I thought it might be a place mat, but now that I look at it, it seems way too big. It might be a throw rug. I might use this as a table runner.

No collection from another country would be complete without samples of their currency. The children had a lot of fun looking at these. It will be a great addition to our study when we learn about the Middle East.