Threads

It all started with a box of scraps ...

When newlyweds Steve and Arlene Richardson arrived in Southeast Asia, they were full of hopes and dreams of befriending their neighbors and sharing the gospel in a Muslim-majority country of nearly 175 million and very few believers.

The cultural barriers seemed enormous, and the Richardsons were often overwhelmed with the economic needs as they observed their friends struggling to provide for their families in the face of crushing poverty. Even greater were the spiritual strongholds that held them in the grip of religious tradition.

How could they even begin to help?

Threads tells the story of how Arlene launched a business venture that brought Muslim and Christian employees under one roof, designing, cutting and sewing quilts for beds around the world.

Threads recounts the Richardsons’ journey—the sorrow, joy and unbelievable answers to prayer that sustained them in their labors and drew their family into a story that only God could write.