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even clergy stoles in bold African patterns. Prices vary from $10$100 so that everyone can afford an Ahadi piece.

Seven members formed the company but three of them have moved on – one found a job at a Dallas home decor design company. Four members remain: Barenga and his wife, Marguerite Murerwa, along with Estarine Jacob and Jeanna Nahimana, the baby of the group. They all emigrated as adults from Burundi except for Jacob, who is from the Democratic Republic of Congo. But it was their love of God that brought them together.

The Missional Wisdom Foundation experiments with the goal of creating spaces for Christian community and worship outside of traditional church settings. While sewing and weaving may seem far from a religious activity, the people of Ahadi put God in the center of their business.

“Every workday begins with a hymn in Swahili and a prayer afterward,” Ahadi mentor Ronda Van Dyk says.

Ahadi meets in the basement of White Rock United Methodist Church, where the Missional Wisdom Foundation rents a room for them. Four sewing machines line the right side of the room, while the other three walls are piled high with a kaleidoscope of fabrics. In the center of the room is a table where Barenga weaves yarn back and forth through a hula-hoop loom to make pillows.

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