The more personal a gift is the more it is treasured.
Illustration: Bob and Becky Braffhart are missionaries to Mali. She is teacher. He is a builder and projects manager. He has helped construct the Mali woman’s hospital where Allie Cornoyer will be this Christmas. Their first son was conceived with a congenital defect. They were told he would not live beyond a week. I remember at his funeral, their friend Gina Allison had placed on his little body a quilt she had made for the son of her best friend. I said I am fearfully and wonderfully made. In tears she had made the quilt. In tears it was received. It’s value was that it was so personal.