shopping the day BEFORE Thanksgiving!

Just went to Costco~
Praise the LORD they gave us about $700 worth of cheesecake, pastries and bread!
WOW!
Thank you so much!
Pastor Rudy and Maddie and Cece and I were able to pick them up in the RAVEN box truck and Deb and Pastor Mike met us there~
we then went to the Bennett's home and Brian and Marc, Gina and Faith joined us to take the REALLY good food to Roseland.
It was late and drizzly outside~
but the LORD stopped the rain and reigned down blessings on so many homes!
Thank you JESUS!
I have to admit, that was a hard one, giving out those cheesecakes~ phew... my favorite!
Praise God that was the hardest part of today, not eating cheesecake!
It was really fun seeing everyone tonight~
how fun it is to be serving alongside so many RAVENS who just are ready to go4GOD at a moment's notice. Phew!
Really tired tonight~
tomorrow we will give thanks to the LORD with my family over a bbq turkey and ravioli. Have fun everyone~
be blessed!
Can't end tonight without a thank you for this week alone from RAVEN WEST COAST:
A HUGE THANK YOU AGAIN TO MY DAD!
And so many others this week~
Kelly Marshall and Judy who came to pick up hundreds of teddy bears and toys that came last week to put into storage for Christmas~
Bobby and Dot Chance for endless encouragement and prayer and inspiration~
Jimmy & Katie for a check for toys and for setting up all the sound equipment for Streetwise!
Blondina family for worship last Friday night, help w/ Monday's outreach and support in so many ways~
Bennett family for modeling what a servant of Christ looks like~
Campisano family for toy money~
August family for toy money~
Cathy my best friend when Teri doesn't steal her away (!) for toys~
Mc Kay family for toys~
Schumachers for 200 teddy bears and letting Jenna come be a light in our lives~
My mom for toys and her praise to JESUS~
Donaghy family for praying and loving us in so many ways and inspiring us~
Nancy who emailed me yesterday about toys and cookies~
Megan's mom who emailed me today about toys~
Jon Moore for using his truck, time and hands for JESUS Monday~
Someone who left a bag of toiletries and toilet paper on my porch today and I don't know who~
Pastor Troy and Melanie and Kayla for prayers and encouragement~
Carrillo family for just being there and available for the LORD and for their support~
Gandy family who I swear the enemy has been trying to keep us separate from for years 'cuz it's just too crazy how we get along after all these years of not really spending time together~ thanks for your willingness to GO and support RAVEN~
Hope Windsor for showing the video of the girls and reminding me about how "church" can be~ and for the encouragement from so many there in person and in emails and phone calls~
Nick Paff who invited the girls to share testimonies about TJ at his school and who inspires us to be more like Christ~ not afraid, just willing and able to be used in a mighty way~
Broyles family for calling to lift up another in need and trusting JESUS for food for their friend~
Korie for her smile and laughter~ her integrity~
Katie for her heart of love from above~ her wisdom, her love for so many~
Liz for her email about 200 magazines and her joy in the Lord~
Shayne for her texts and trust in the Lord~
Ron, Jerry, Susan, Irene and others at Wal Mart in Windsor who were so helpful today~
Clifford family for believing in miracles~
RAVENS across the world~ how good it is to not have to explain to a sister or brother why we do what the bible says~
Garrison family for encouragement, prayers, hugs~
Fannin family for loving us through and lifting us up~
Gloria for emails and prayers and just getting it~
Tonie for being out there ministering, trusting YOU Jesus~
Dry Creek Band of Pomo Indians for purchasing $5,000 worth of food & $5,000 for the homeless~
Ritz Foods for donating A $5,000 worth of food for Monday's outreach~
Deb, for every morning phone calls~ I love you and I thank you for loving JESUS even more than me :)
Rudy, Anthony, Maddie, Cece~ for loving me and loving JESUS~
I could go on and on~
there have been so many things delivered to this house this week~
from so many people~
and it really is overwhelming. Clothes, toys, shoes...
JESUS, I lift up all these families to you~ all these friends to you who love you, Lord. I beg you to keep them close~ there are so many I mentioned and so many I didn't~ I thank you that you know all of them~ and I ask forgiveness if I have left someone out tonight~ I thank you for my family, Lord~ I thank you for healing me of so much~ I thank you for healing 16 year old Nick~ I thank you for miracles that come by way of things seen and unseen. I thank you for dying on that cross so many years ago and still being mindful of me so many years later. I don't understand why you have done all that you have for me as I am not worthy to receive so many blessings~ but I give thanks to YOU. Holy are YOU, mighty, merciful, constant. JESUS, Amen.