D.A.R.E

Tomorrow evening Brittany will graduate from the DARE program at the school. She is very excited, as we are! If you don’t know what DARE is, it’s the Drug Abuse Resistance Education to keep kids off drugs. Each one of the students have to write an essay on why they will keep there promise to not try drugs. Then the DARE officer and teachers choose a couple students to read there essays at graduation, although Brittany didn’t get chosen to read her essay, she still did a wonderful job!

I am in awe of how much she’s grown up. She’s teaching me to become a better mother and person! Her heart is so amazingly big and is always thinking of ways to help others. She turned on the 4th, she is officially a ‘tween’! (don’t tell her I said that!).

In other news, Paul and I have been talking about adopting again…actually we’ve been talking about it for almost 2 years. Our main issue will be coming up with the upfront cost, as we trust and believe in the Lord providing, Paul is more hesitant than myself. I ask you to pray for guidance for Paul and myself to think ‘outside’ of the box on financing the adoption and finding the money.

Feeding the homeless

Today our Church went to a homeless shelter to feed 500 men, woman and children. I had the great privilege to be one of the workers serving the food. I pulled Brittany out of school (she’s been asking if we can go serve food to the homeless for quite some time!) and Marissa came too.

It was an experience and being able to see the love and faith the people had was amazing! We were able to meet the founder, she blew us away, it seemed like meeting a celebrity! We had just watched a video of her mission to serve the homeless. She is an amazing woman!!

After we served the food, helped clean up and eat ourselves we were taking on a tour of the complex. They have built apartments, a teen center, a (younger) youth center, onsite medical and dental clinics, a generous food shelf, shower facility, clothes and new shoes! Along with all that this woman teaches the word of God, prays with each and every one of them and gives out money to pay for rent or bus tokens!

Today opened my eyes! I don’t know what God has intended for me, but something stirred inside of me and wants to do good.

Marissa and I will be stocking our local food shelf every Thursday for the month of January. This is a small part I can do, I pray for God to guide myself towards the correct path to help the needs of others.

For some reason I’m not able to upload photos, but on one of the walls in the teen center there is a beautiful drawing…two hands holding out to one another with the saying. “What you are is God's gift to you, what you become is your gift to God.”

A year gone by…

At this point I should close down this blog, as it’s been almost a year since my last post and I’m not sure if anyone reads this anymore, but for my own outlet I’m gonna keep writing….even if I’m the only one reading it :-)

A lot has happened, but not much of anything exciting, just busy, busy and busy. My younger brother moved back to MN in May of 2009, his son, my godson just turned one and is the cutest! They are also expecting another baby, yes 2 under 2!!!!! God help them!

Brittany will be 11 tomorrow, where does time go? I’m realizing how old I’m getting and I’m not liking it! Another item I’m not liking is Marissa growing up, she is now 4 and wants to start school. She will be in 4K in the Fall and LOVES Sunday school.

Andrew will be 9 in February and will start wrestling tomorrow night, he’s so excited. Dominick is 5 and I can’t believe how smart he is! He learned our phone number is less than an afternoon!

I hope (whoever) is still reading had a blessed Christmas and safe New Year!