We have been delivering presents to all the families we have been collecting for now for 2 weeks! :) We are almost done with the families from our J10 service Sunday. Here are some updates on projects I have been telling you about:
-I will deliver 5 large bags to Farmwell today for 1 family with 6 children plus an xbox that was donated by one of you. The family had that on their list and we are giving them one donated a long time ago by one of you! :) This was the group with Lisa Adams in it.
-Geegee and I delivered the presents for her group from Service Sunday to the family with a single mom and 3 children. The family was very excited to see us and overwhelmed by your generosity!! She said to tell you thank you so much. The clothing for her daughter came just in time.
--We are also delivering to another girl at Farmwell today that did not have any warm clothing or coat and we have a bag with lots of goodies for her! This was done by the group that GeeGee was in also.
- We delivered clothing, presents, an oil change and groceries to the family with 6 children done by the group with both Bill P.'s in it. She started to cry and thanked me over and over and told me to tell you all thank you so much!
Elisa talking with her group.
- Elisa and 2 of our teens, Kristin and Abby, delivered to the family with a single mom and 5 children who did not even have a Christmas tree. She kept telling her kids it was just too early but she could not afford a tree. Elisa, Kristin and Abby took presents, gift cards and a Christmas tree donated by the Steeles! :) Elisa said the mom thanks you so much for helping them also!
- Elisa and our new neighbor Karol who speaks Spanish did the delivery to the family from Bolivia. Elisa said the mom was like a little kid so excited when they came to deliver presents, coats for mom, dad and the 2 kids and food. Elisa and her group shopped at Grand Mart and Elisa's dad Gary walked around the store asking people if they knew what this family may actually like to eat in their country of Bolivia. They found someone who knew and when they delivered the foods they picked out - the mom was so very excited that they took the time to find out what she liked to cook with. :)
At Service sunday we gave out about $880 from J10 church to the five groups that shopped for these families. You added $2320 to it to make it $3200 worth of Christmas food, clothing, coats, shoes and presents that these 5 families alone received!!!! Awesome Job!!
We also delivered about $1200 in food at Thanksgiving to 10 families!!
You all paid off Mia's gas bill and put a $1000 credit on her bill for the winter. When I went over to talk to her she just cried and said thank you so much and she doesn't know how she would have been able to get the gas back on without all of you. About 20 of you called to help with that!
We are continuing to work on deliveries for families this week and next week. I just got 2 more in this morning if any of you would still like to help. We also are making up baskets like we did for Thanksgiving to give to some families for Christmas dinner. We will try to deliver those soon. Please email me if you would like to help and let me know and I will contact you back with how we still need help. I know some of you that missed service sunday said you would still like to help.
Thank you so much for your time. I know this was long but I really wanted to share with you the joy of what you are a part of! I continue to be thankful for all of you! You all amaze me!
Have a great day!
Jill :)
