Our Lady of the Mountains School - Paintsville at 405 Third Street, Paintsville, KY 41240 US - OLM's Prayer Rug

OLM’s Prayer rug Our Lady of the Mountains School was the recipient of two very special gifts. A personalized, hand-embroidered prayer rug was sent to the school from a transportation unit working with the U.S. military in Iraq. Transportation foreman Joseph M. is the uncle of an OLM student in the second grade. Prior to its arrival at OLM, the rug accompanied each member of his unit for one day as they performed their job duties. The rug is fabricated in a traditional Middle Eastern style, reflecting the culture of the Saudi Arabia unit with whom they are stationed. The rug was sent to OLM in appreciation for the daily prayers offered by the school children for the servicemen in Iraq. Lloyd G., a former active duty Marine with 13 years of service, and father of an OLM kindergarten student, fabricated a handmade frame to display the rug. He was stationed in the Middle East during the First Gulf War. Mr. G. obtained the wood for the frame from Paris Island, a Marine boot camp in South Carolina. The framed prayer rug is on display in the front hallway of the school.

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