Project Christmas

After bragging on how God has continued to provide for Our Hope in my last post, we were blessed with the largest donation Our Hope has ever received! The Lil' Lambs ministry at Trinity United Methodist Church donated $5,000.00 from their semi-annual consignment sale!!! Lil' Lambs organizes the sale and a portion of the proceeds goes to a ministry of their choosing. My co-worker, Ingrid Kellen, is involved in Lil' Lambs and she inquired about Our Hope and our current financial needs. After a vote we were the ministry of choice and I was brought to tears when Ingrid presented me with the check!

We are now in the process of putting together Christmas bags to surprise the kids at Home of Hope. Kayla, who went with our team in April, has been a huge help in pulling this project together. God has provided above and beyond for them through finding $1 sale racks at Wal-mart, awesome Bible coloring books at the Dollar Tree and donations from friends. Thank you to everyone who has donated and prayed for this project!

I wish we were going to be there to see these kids enjoy Christmas for the first time but I am requesting pictures from Edith!! Our prayer is the kids feel God's love through tangible gifts of love that lead them to know Christ.

One of my favorite verses has come to mind so many times over the past two weeks, " Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us." Psalm 62:8. God has once again answered our need above and beyond my desires, praise be to His name alone!