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Operation
Bandanas
PO Box 9550
Fayetteville, NC 28311
910-578-8840
bandanas91@yahoo.com
www.operationbandanas.org
HOW TO PREPARE AND PACKAGE PSALM 91
BANDANAS
You will
want the bandana to be finished as a square with the start of Psalm 91on
the face of the final fold. Fold in half, in half again, in half again
and in half again until you have the square. Be sure the Psalm 91 is on
the face of the final fold. We want our soldiers to see that first.
Place the bandana into the ziplock bag, Psalm 91 showing. On the
blank side of the bandana, insert OpBan’s poem card, if you order
them, or your own card/note. Please be careful not to place the card
over the Psalm.
OpBan uses sandwich size
ziplocks. Ziplock brand and Glad brand seem to be the best fit. You
can get the less expensive baggies, but for some reason, even though it
says they are the same size, the generic brands don’t always zip well.
Quart size bags take up too much space when mailing a large quantity.
Be sure and press all the air out of the baggie as you seal it, or
leave a little piece not sealed for the air to release. You want to be
able to put as many bandanas in a box as possible, not a bunch of air.
If you use OpBan’s poem
cards, you can add notes to the back of the card, draw pictures, etc.
If your group actually purchased the bandanas, in addition to packaging
them, you may want to put a label with the name and address of your
church or group who personally provided them, ie “Lovingly provided
by…” If you are volunteering to package them and haven’t actually
purchased them, you can add “Lovingly provided by numerous individuals
and churches; lovingly packaged by (name of group/church.)”
This is for the volunteers
who package hundreds of bandanas at a time for OpBan: Once folded and
packaged, please rubber band ten together, with the rubber band running
from the sealed top down.
Once complete we have the
privilege and joy of then praying over them. Pray that the bandanas
will draw many to Jesus and bring blessing, comfort, strength and
protection through the power of God’s word. I like to have everyone lay
their hands on them as they pray and try to envision the soldier who
will be receiving it.
May you be encouraged and
blessed also knowing you will be reminding our young men and women in
uniform of God’s presence with them; and quite possibly you could be
helping make a kingdom difference in the lives of many serving so
courageously.
Thank you for partnering
in supporting and encouraging our troops with a piece of God’s armor.
For Him,
Mary Gray
Executive Director
Operation Bandanas
“He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” Ps 91:1 |
