Thanksgiving Meals

Thanks so much to those of you who donated money for Thanksgiving meals for our neighbors this year. We had a great time delivering them as a church family last Tuesday afternoon and evening. Brent did a great job organizing things this year. We delivered 225 meals to families in our neighborhood. They were so appreciative of getting all of that food for only $5. In the picture above, Ed was the driver of the delivery van for Water Street. He did a great job circling while we hopped out with the turkeys and bags of groceries to deliever on each block. It's hard doing this on a one-way street with no parking spots! The two guys in the picture were helping deliver meals as well and Shalia, my next door neighbor, helped for about 4 hours on Water Street. She was so tired when I walked her back home!
April was one of the workers who was able to be paid with the money that we charge for the meals. She did an awesome job overseeing everything and making sure we stayed organized. Here she is marking off people's names as meals were delivered to their homes.

Here's Nathan and David, two other teen guys who helped out. Nikki was another one of the paid workers and helped us out a lot with delievering meals on Water Street. She has been bringing her six kids to Celebration on Sundays for a couple of months now. She asked me last week if my husband and I could start doing a Bible study with her, her husband, and kids in their home. We're going to do it this Friday night for the first time. We'll be watching some of the Hope video, which goes through the whole story of the Bible, and getting to share lots of exciting truth with them. Please pray for wisdom for us and soft hearts that say yes to Him. And of course, Shalia jumped in this picture, too. :)