TURNING FOR THE LORD is hobby turned charity. It all started because I love woodworking and built a wood shop about 20 years ago. My daughter came to me a few years ago to have a cradle refinished for her oldest daughter. She wanted her daughter to have the cradle that she used as an infant to use for her own daughter. As I started the refinishing I ran into a problem - the wood the mfg. used for one of the spindles did not match and would not take the stain like the others. The only solution was to turn a new spindle. I had a simple lathe adequate for the task but I had done very little turning at the time. Nevertheless, I succeeded and she loved it. After that, I found that I loved turning and proceeded to make several cradles for other granddaughters.
In 2017 my oldest son and I built a new larger shop and filled it with his tools and mine. I also purchased a new lathe that allows me to do the kind of turning I love. After a short time I realized I was accumulating quite a few turned items. My son, who does his woodworking as a business, said I should start selling my work and recoup some of my costs. I did sell a few items but then a missionary couple visited to our church and it occurred to me that I didn't really need the money and the orphanage my church supports in Haiti and these missionaries in the Philippines do. I remembered being in Manila and seeing children grabbing food from the garbage left by the ships crew. I decided to turn the profits from my turned items over to the Lord's work and TURNING FOR THE LORD was born.
Please feel free to look around the site - look through the turnings, read the free books, etc. I hope you find some things you like and/or reading material that you enjoy and find beneficial. If you want to contact me you can do so at: vernon@sharingthebibleonline.com