Used Clothes, Cookies, Coffee, and Donuts

What does used clothes, homemade cookies, coffee, and homemade donuts have to do with each other? It means one very busy week and one busy Saturday. I will tell you. The mission was blessed with two very large donation and alot of smaller donations of clothes before Christmas. Praise the Lord! Before we left for Christmas vacation in Arizona the plan was to open up the gym on a Saturday, January 12, 9:00am to 4:00pm. We plan to set up tables and lay out the clothes on them. We would also have coffee for the people too. Well, Mark and I thought this might be a good time to make homemade donuts, to share with our Navajo friends. In case we couldn't keep up we also made cookies. All week long I was sorting clothes. Not everyone donates appropriate clothes and I have found out over the months we have been here, that Khaki pants and corduroy don't go very well, if at all. I also sorted to have men's, ladies, teen boy's, Jr. girl's, children boy's, children girl's, and babies. The clothes that are dirty, holes, not appropriate, stain, etc, we pass on the blessing to Good Will. Nothing goes to waste.
Friday night Mark made 4 batches of his no-bake cookies and I made a double batch of choc. chip with peppermint candy. We also pulled 3 things of cookies I had frozen.

 Saturday morning up at 6:00am

Time to make the donuts!

 

 

 Over a week of sorting, thing start to get a little blurry!

 

 Shoes!

 And more shoes!

 Coats!

 And more Coats!

 Clothes!

And more clothes!

Some of the tables were filled 2x!

 My helper Bonnie!

 My other helper Mary Lou!

 Bonnie's husband Ralph

AD came to visit.

 Three trays of cookies!

 Back to the donuts!

 Glazing the donuts!

No, safety was not the reason Mark fried them here. Besides I don't think the fire extinguisher is up to date! We just kept flipping breakers, where we had planned on frying the donuts.

 

We had a good turnout. everyone was happy with the clothes they found. They enjoyed the cookies, donuts, and coffee.

God is Good!

One Year Ago Today

One year ago today, we flew into Minot, ND to start our adventure.

 

 

 We sure didn't know what God had in store for us. God was in control and we had faith in Him.He also had our trust. I would say that our faith and trust in Him has multiplied many times over this past year.
Today when I was reading the devotion from Jesus Calling, I felt I should share it with you. (remember she writes as if Jesus is talking to you):
January 5
   You can achieve the victorious life through living in deep dependence on me. People usually associate victory with success: not falling or stumbling, not making mistakes. But those who are successful in their own strength tend to go their own way, forgetting about Me. It is through problems and failures, weakness and neediness that you learn to rely on Me.
   True dependence is not simply asking Me to bless what you have decide to do. It is coming to Me with an open mind and heart, inviting Me to plant My desires within you. I may infuse within you a dream that seems far beyond your reach. You know that in yourself you cannot achieve such a goal. Thus begins your journey of profound reliance on Me. It is faith-walk, taken one step at a time, leaning on Me as much as you need. This is not a path of continual success but of multiple failures. However, each failure is followed by a growth spurt, nourished by increased reliance on Me. Enjoy the blessedness of a victorious life, through deepening your dependence on Me.

Psalm 34: 17-18;    2 Corinthians 5:7(NKJV)

We have had our problems and heart-aches in the past year, both back home and where God has us. At times I know it was attack from the evil one. Other times I know it was a trial. But God was with us in all situations, our trust, faith and hope is in Him. We also had our success, our miracles and we give God the glory for those.

I am glad we are letting God lead the way. If we hadn't we would not have ended up in New Mexico, we would not of been able to help one ones we have.

 

 

 

 

 

 We would not have drawn closer to God as we have.

Yes, we will have success and failures and make mistakes, but we are victorious because Jesus was invited to plant his desire in us. We need you to pray for us in both our success and our failures. Pray for us in our attacks from the evil one and through our trials. Keeping praying for miracles.

We don't know where God is sending us next or when!



Thank you God for a great year!

2013

Happy New Year!

We will be having the traditional

Sauerkraut!

 

God has been very good to us in 2012. It sure was a different year in so many ways. We are so glad God has called us to do this for him. We have learned alot about trusting Him. I know our faith has multiplied. Thank you so much for your prayer and financial support. We could not do this with out you. You will be blessed!

So what will 2013 bring?

The Good Lord knows! We just need to keep the faith, trust, hope, and love.

Keep our eyes on Him!