home!

Brian, Jimmy and Rudy got to our home in Santa Rosa at 2am! Can't wait to hear all the stories~ Thank you for all your prayers! Thank you to those I need to mention: Judy Franzino from Napa, Blue Oak School's donations, St. John's Catholic School, Mrs. Frods's 2nd grade of Napa, Judy Jeffers, Bernadette Morris, Freddy Moges, Gordon and Peg Beaver, Mrs Janis Gearhart, Stephanie Massell, Janet Macaulay, Jay Cheroske, Hal & dog Charlie, Susan, Nesbitts for booking my flight on Tuesday and borrowed tarps, Chuck Bartley, Angie Blondina, Richard, Hez & Josaiah (!!!), Oden, Vinnie, Ben Franzel who came to the rescue at just the right moment and loaded the trucks! Teri Bennett, Jamie Bennett, Maddie, Cece, Anthony, Malachai, Obadiah, Longs Drugs Stores for donated bags, Gary McLerran, Nancy Mclearran, Natalie MacCallum, Liz Jones, Pastor Dan Boyd. Armstrong Paper Company, we had to mention you again for your generosity of 4 palletes of essentials! SOLE DESIRE of Coddingtown and Montgomery Village, for 1,000 pairs of shoes. Reg Elgin, my dad, who came by to offer encouragement and Elisa Burroughs, my sister who called to check in. Thank you to Karen Rasore, Heather Brascia, my mom and sister who have volunteered to help with my children next week. Thank you to Charlene and Albert Alviso, mi familia, who have taken it upon themselves to make sure my girls and Ant and I were w/o dinners and love. Thank you for Nikki Caldon from Lake County, who has the GO4GOD attitude, it's contagious and I can't wait to meet you! Thank you for our conversation, her encouragement, her affirmations. All of these people and more who didn't sign in. Thank for completing the mission yesterday. We had 3 trucks and trailers loaded, van and trailer loaded and blessings abound. We had 2 teams leave yesterday evening, 1 team leaves this morning and 1 this early afternoon. God, give them mercies on the road, let them touch every single family along the way as they GO4GOD. Bless them, this time together and their experience. May the wind be against their back and may they feel your presence en route to the RAVEN team. Lord, I thank you for Rudy, Jimmy, Brian and Gregory. Thank you that they have all made it home safely. Thank you for their testimonies. Thank you that TEAM works: Together Everyone Accomplishes More. Let us continue working together, oh god. TEAM HOPE. AMEN.