Greetings!
Welcome to the new format of our (ad)Venture newsletter. This is but one of the many fruits of our season of planning bursting forth! We will be revealing more of these fruits in the subsequent months, so stay tuned!
As you know, relationships are important to us ~ whether those relationships be with our international suppliers or with our "investors" ~ our customers ~ YOU! Please forgive us for NOT communicating with you more regularly. Diligently working to "grow the business", learning new technology to accomplish this task, dramatically increasing our involvement in the number of wholesale trade shows in which we exhibit (and all of their follow-up!), and taking an international business trip......To say we have been buried is an understatement!!!
So let us get caught up with the (ad)Venture news! You will be hearing from us more regularly! Come along with us on our adventures!
Expectantly,
Rebecca & Glenn Fadner
Kingdom Ventures, Inc.
"Making a Difference!"
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About our Artisans
Kingdom Ventures exists to benefit the artisans who supply our products. To the extent possible we try to build personal relationships with the artisans. We want you to know them also, so we are featuring information about an artisan in each issue, starting with those we met on our recent trip to Kenya.
Many of you had been aware that our previously
scheduled business trip planned for January 2008 had been indefinitely
postponed only four days prior to our departure. As you will recall Kenya was experiencing incredible
unrest for weeks after their national elections in late December 2007. When the violence arrived in the city in
which we would be doing business, we had to acknowledge that it would be
prudent to postpone our trip. No
business could be conducted when personal survival was the primary focus.
Eventually the situation became more stable, but
very little returned to "normal". With Kenya's economy significantly dependent
on the tourist trade, this period of agitation and upheaval tremendously
impacted that essential source of income for many of its people. Therefore we
rescheduled our two-week trip to Kenya for February 2009, during the
"quiet season" for KVI...(read more)
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