" The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners. Isaiah 61: 1
AS I wrap up the last gift deliveries for Angel tree I sit astounded by the power of God to use his people as He has this year with Angel tree. Packsaddle fellowship is the church where God chose for me to present this wonderful ministry. As time drew near and the names of the children of prisoners were received I began to correspond through email with our pastor Robert Billingslea. I informed him that Angel tree were all sponsored. ( I meant assigned to churches and coordinators).Robert contacted me and asked what I thought of maybe seeing if we could help less fortunate in our community. Great idea!!! So Robert, robin and I take off and collect 20 additional names (30 from P.F. Angel tree). Unbeknownst to me Robert thinks P.F. Angel tre is all taken care of. On Sunday I informed our Pastor that actually I still had over 30 names to be given. So a total of 70 children all together. Pastor Billingslea said, " Lets just see what God does?" OK. I made the presentation and informed our church family I would be in the back to help and answer questions. WooHoo before I could get to the back all of the children's names were taken!!! Not one child went without a gift. Now that is the power of God's people when we come together as a whole. Thank YOU Jesus and everyone who participated.
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I set the date of December 15, 2012 as the delivery date. I had 6 people sign up to deliver gifts. Praise God fro willing hearts to minister to the lost and broken.
On one of the deliveries the little girl was waiting outside for her gift from daddy and so excited she ran up to the drivers. They were able to take pictures of the gift being delivered and hopefully the father will be able to receive the pictures as they are passed to the family. What joy that will bring this man who made some wrong choices. To not only know the gift was delivered in his name but to also see the delivery. thank You Jesus and people willing to serve You. Another delivery person got excited as she read the name on the card. Astonished she exclaimed I know this family. I took care of some her family when they were sick. The mighty hand of God at work threading and weaving our lives and paths together. We had a great year . Thank you all so much. I look forward to serving with you next year. |