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Assembly 16: PA2015<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Applique brings chance meeting of friends of friends from Uruguay, Paraguay, and Pennsylvania<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Helena<\/a>
Helena Dueck<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. \u2013 Helena Dueck from Akron, Pennsylvania, was quietly stitching delicate applique in the quilting hall when a young woman asked excitedly, \u201cAre you Helena Dueck?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes, I am,\u201d said Dueck, looking up from her quilt. \u201cHow do you know me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lilia Dietrick, from Uruguay, could hardly contain herself. \u201cI\u2019m a friend of your niece, Gisela Giesbrecht. When Gisela heard I was going to MWC she told me to look up her aunt who is famous for her applique work. So when I saw you doing applique, I just thought I\u2019d ask!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Helenadueckhands\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dueck\u2019s niece lives in Rhineland in the Chaco in Paraguay but had learned to know Dietrick when their youth group visited Uruguay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m so amazed by this special meeting with my niece\u2019s friend all the way from Uruguay \u2013 the effort she took to look me up. And I wasn\u2019t even wearing my name tag!\u201d Dueck said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jewel Showalter is a writer, grandmother of 14, and servant of the global church.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

applique<\/a>, <\/span>Assembly<\/a>, <\/span>Helena Dueck<\/a>, <\/span>Jewel Showalter<\/a>, <\/span>Lilia Dietrick<\/a>, <\/span>new friends<\/a>, <\/span>PA2015<\/a>, <\/span>paraguay<\/a>, <\/span>Pennsylvania<\/a>, <\/span>tomigrate<\/a>, <\/span>Uruguay<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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