Welcome to "Quilts of Honor - the Travis Project"







Quilts of Honor - the Travis Project, was created out of a desire to honor not only the memory of SSG Travis Hunsberger, but to show honor and respect to the men and women he served with. I made a quilt for Steve & Ronda, Travis' parents, and presented the idea of making more quilts for the soldiers at Fort Bragg. There are numerous wonderful organizations who provide quilts to wounded and hospitalized soldiers, but I felt led to do something different. We decided our first project would be to provide a quilt to each of the men in Travis' unit at the time of his death. Our goal was to accomplish this by Christmas. I am happy to report that we have exceeded our goal, and on December 10 2008, two men from our church, Wakarusa Missionary, headed off to North Carolina to deliver 19 quilts!! In May of 2009, we were able to deliver another 33 quilts!! Since then, we have delivered approximately 40 more quilts to families of the fallen and also to Wounded Warriors. Your help is still needed in lots of ways if we are to keep this project ongoing. First and foremost, pray for these brave men and women who serve each day to keep us free and protect us from those who would seek to do our nation harm. If you are a sewist or quilter, I can use you, if you would like to donate fabric or funds, I can use you. If you'd like to leave an encouraging word, or perhaps you knew Travis and would like to share a memory, I can use that too!



For more information on how you can help, contact me through this blog, by phone @ 574-849-7930, or by email, mamabech@msn.com.



To mail donations, send them to:



Quilts of Honor, c/o Dawn Bechtel, P.O. Box 613, Wakarusa, IN 46573. (Checks should be made out to Quilts of Honor.)



Thanks for stopping by, God bless you, and God Bless America!







Sunday, October 12, 2008

A long week. . .

There are very few words to describe the gamut of emotions our family has been through this past week. The viewing for Lisa was Thursday and was supposed to run from 2 - 8, at 1:45 there was a line formed already and it remained constant all day until the last person went through somewhere around 10:15. What a testimony to the life she led, to the people she touched, not just her, but Jeff, Chelsea, Cassie, & the extended family. How humbling it was to be on the receiving end of so much love, concern, and caring. Our family is close. . . we will get through this. Many times throughout the day one of us would express how we felt the prayers of others upholding us and carrying us all through. At her funeral on Friday, wow, what a tremendous worship experience, just what Lisa would have wanted. A true celebration of her life and the love she had for her Lord & Savior, Jesus Christ. Yes, we grieve, but we know she is safely in the arms of the One she served so faithfully, and we cling to the knowledge that we will see her again some day. Please continue to pray for Jeff, Chelsea, & Cassie in the coming days & weeks.

Today's Sunday edition of the Goshen News featured an article of our project. Nicely done, Justin! Thank-you!! It's time for me to turn my attentions back to quilting. My deadline for the first set of quilts is 6 weeks away and I need to get busy!! I'm updating the photo display with a few more pictures. Be sure to check it out.

On September 30th, the boy's Soccer team at NorthWood High School honored Travis by retiring his jersey number (16), and also by creating a new award, the Travis Hunsberger Defensive Player of the Year Award. This picture shows Travis' parents Steve & Ronda along with his brother, Kyle, sister Kelsey, Coach Dykstra, A.D. Norm Sellers, Head Coach Brad Duerksen, and Coach Bell.
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