To the right of the little boy and girl is the frame for a treadle sewing machine. Ana is a seamstress and school-trained sewing machine technician, but someone broke into their house and stole the actual sewing machine from the frame. Lori was able to give her this Minnesota M machine from our storeroom, but it has a worn part in it and does not do a really good job. I will try to find a replacement part, but in the meantime she hopes to get electricity to their house so she can use one of the good electric machines we can provide her.
If she get electricity, she can do a lot of sewing and earn money, but it will be expensive because electric bills are high there.
Still, Ana says she is 'blessed'!