For Freedom's Sake

Happy 4th of July weekend!  For my celebrations here in Bangkok, I made rice krispie treats with red and blue m&ms to look like the American flag and celebrated with some of my fellow NightLight staff.  We hung out at the pool and even grilled out on a tiny portable grill (such is life when everyone lives in apartments).  We even watched Independence Day until the website we were using cut out.  That's how it is overseas!  It was a good day.

One of my favorites, on sale here

One of my favorite aspects of my job is getting to sell NightLight jewelry.  Anyone who comes through the tour is given the opportunity to purchase, and I've done a few sales at church and even one at the US Embassy (they were having a farmer's market).  I don't think I've explained this recently on the blog, but NightLight operates as a business model.  By employing our women to work for us, they no longer have to work in the bars.  Within their work day, the women have the counseling and classes that help them along their journey of healing, along with working in whatever department they work in.  By learning new skills such as screen-printing, coffee or making jewelry, the women are able to see that they can do something besides the work they had been doing.  This is how earrings, necklaces, and bracelets (and t -shirts and cupcakes and lots of other things) become a source of freedom for these women.  This is how salaries are paid so that these women can support themselves and their families.  By wearing or giving NightLight jewelry, you are a vital part of bringing freedom and healing to women in Thailand.

Swarovski crystals and real pearls for $5?
Doesn't get much better than that!

You may be wondering why I'm choosing to tell you all of this now.  Well, not only do I like encouraging people to support NightLight's work (that's my job!), but I like people to get a good deal in doing that.  Right now, our online store is doing a massive Christmas in July sale, and so there are several awesome pieces that you can get for even more awesome prices.  I've included some pictures of the jewelry as well as the link to the online store.  So, this Christmas in July thing is a really worthwhile time to buy some stuff, for freedom's sake as we say.  Trust me, I can rattle off the prices of most of these pieces and these prices right now (through July 8th) are quite good!

SHOP HERE:

http://store.nightlightinternational.com/default.asp

This lovely necklace comes in lots of colors and is marked down to half off!