An Unbelievable Day

Last Wednesday, December 7th, was Full Tummy Project's 2nd Pack & Pray Day...it was freezing cold, in fact, it snowed a little bit! At the last Pack & Pray, we set our Christmas/December goals and I will be honest, though we set them in faith, a small part of me wondered if we would really be able to raise $2,850 and collect 678 canned dinner items, 678 packs of crackers, 339 drinks, 1,356 snacks and 678 breakfast items, in 3 weeks...seemed a bit daunting. As the day drew near, the food and money rolled in....we had 9 new volunteers to help us pack and we did it in the freezing cold!!! But let me tell you that without a doubt, the Lord was there..you could feel the Holy Spirit in that cold garage and God moved on our wonderful community...they donated enough food and money to meet our goals and we packed in 2 hours......492 bags!!!!!!!!!!! Not just the 339 that we needed for December/Christmas. Not only did it meet the need, it exceeded it! We have enough bags to get us through almost all of January, which is usually a month when things would be tight, being right after Christmas!! The only way it could have happened was the Lord..and we give Him all the glory!! He has been so faithful to provide just what we need every month and we are constantly hearing reports of how families are being blessed...SO, a big thank you to everyone that has donated: food, money, time, and thank you for all of the prayer...

"Now unto him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, to Him be the glory...." Ephesians 3:21-22

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God Provides

Isn't this little guy just the cutest thing you have ever seen...

well, for Christmas I had really been burdened about writing out a Christmas list that my husband had asked for. Of course, there are lots of things that I would love to have and a couple of things that I need, though I use that term loosely...but everytime I would sit to write it down, I just couldn't bring myself to do it. God had really spoken to my heart that maybe instead, I should take the money that would be used and put it toward some type of sponsorship. The more I looked into it, the more I was drawn to giving towards a child's medical procedure or surgery. As I looked, I came upon this little boy named Cheng...the money needed for his heart surgery was $695. I knew that I wouldn't be able to come up with that much, but kept coming back to him for whatever reason. So, after pondering for about a day, I nervously posted on facebook, that I would love to give toward this little guys surgery, would anyone want to join me?....I am telling you this because the Lord showed up and within 20 minutes, his surgery was funded!!! Can you believe that??? I am still in awe that it happened....God is good. It was a miracle....a faithbuilder for me. Tuning in to hear His voice and obeying can be a hard thing sometimes....so I am praising the Lord today and giving Him the glory...He is Jehovah-Jirah our provider..."Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever!" Ephesians 3:20-21

**If you are interested in sponsoring a child for a medical procedure, nutrition, education, their stay at a healing home, in foster care or a general sponsorship, please check out the Love Without Boundaries website for more information**

Giving Back at Christmas:)

This Christmas I have been especially convicted of purchasing gifts that give back..so for those of you who may feel the same, here are a few special links that may help you do that...please take a look!!

another link to a Christmas Shop for Adoption is over at Lovin' Much with Alison..check it out...

another great idea is to sponsor a child for a surgery, education, nutrition or sponsor them in a healing home or in foster care at Love Without Boundaries...I will share an awesome God story about this in another post...maybe I will be able to post that today....

Last, but not least, I have some friends, the Barnes family, that are fundraising to adopt from Ethiopia...check out this as well...lots of great stuff from 147 million orphans!!!! They get a portion of the proceeds from the sale of each item.