Day 57

Day 57: Today I had some errands to run on lunch and while I was out I ran to party city to look for Hayleys birthday party stuff. Party city is raising money for the Arkansas children's hospital so when I checked out I made a donation. Simple and easy! Love it!

Rain to think about

Rain. I notice as I am driving home today that it is raining. Not just a little rain but it is pouring. Then I start to think. Can you imagine what it was like all those many years ago when God asked Noah to build that ark? He followed God's orders and then filled the ship with two animals of every kind. Filled the ship with his family. Then it started to rain. And rain and rain and rain. For 40 days and 40 nights! Wow! That is alot of rain. When it rains for a full day here I think we feel flooded but 40 days and 40 nights!?!?! And for Noah and his family to be on that boat with the rain just pouring down and all the while having faith that all will be well. God has a plan and we must obey. I just pray that I can have that much faith in anything God asks me to do as Noah did so many years ago. And then as I get home tonight and the rainbow shines in the sky I remember the sign. The sign from God that he will not flood the Earth again. I smiled thinking of what He has done for me and my family. What God has done for so many other people. What has He done for you? Thanks him and praise him for all his love tonight. Amen!

Day 56: cheerleaders

Day 56: Today is day 56! I can't believe how far we have come. A kid of one of the girls I work with is a cheerleader from an area school and they were selling popcorn for the group. And who doesn't love popcorn? So I bought some popcorn to help out the cheerleaders!

Day 55: earth day

Day 55: On day 55 it was Earth Day. So yesterday I decided to make an effort to start trying to help the Earth in any way I can. I am going to start trying to unplug things that I am not using at the house to try to do my part to save the planet!

Day 54: hubby

Day 54: On day 54 I bought my husband a card. Just a note to tell him I love him and was thinking about him. So many times during the days we get busy with life and forget that we need to take care of our marriage too. Sometimes we have to stop running and just say hey I love you!

Day 53

Day 53: So sorry I have not been posting my daily deeds. It has been crazy but I have been doing something everyday. So I will try to get caught up. On day 53 I was at Walmart when a lady left her keys and wallet laying at the register. I chased her down to give her the stuff back.

Days 51 and 52

Days 51 and 52: Unfortunately yesterday I don't think I did anyone to help another person. I must have not been listening to The Lord yesterday or I was in the wrong place at the wrong times. Lol although tonight after work I grabbed my kids and we went to help out at an overnight shelter that 7 hills homeless center was putting on. It was held at the Methodist church in Fayetteville. It is an amazing program. These families who have no homes are transported to the place where they can fill out applications to get short term housing and help finding a job. While they are there filling out applications they get a warm meal and a place to sleep for the night. Then in the morning they feed them breakfast and take them to wherever they have been staying. I volunteered to watch the kids tonight while the parents did paperwork. The kids were so full if dbergy but so well behaved. They watched movies and colored. It was an amazing evening and I am so thrilled there are organizations like 7 hills that have programs to help people when they need it the most!

Day 50: devotional

Day 50: Today I started a new devotional with the elementary kids in our church. I am so excited about it. There are bible verses to learn. Fun activities throughout the lesson to keep them thinking. And very good bible lessons. I hope to be able to teach the kids something over these next 6 weeks and grow closer to them. And them closer to God. We are learning to be closer to God and be winners in his kingdom!

Day 49: cookies

Day 49: today on lunch I bought great American cookie company cookies and took them back to work and shared with everyone. People are always in a better mood after a treat!

Day 48: race for the cure

Day 48: At the store Hunter and I saw one of those large bowl looking things that you put your change in and the money goes round and round and round till it finally goes in the container. Hunter loved it. It was raising money for the race for the cure this weekend for breast cancer. Not only did we put money in it but Hunter also got all the other passing kids to check it out and put money in it too. He is such a great kid!

Day 47: 2nd blessing bag

Day 47: As you may have guessed from the title of today's post today we handed out our 2 nd blessing bag. I explained these bags in a previous post. They are just these canvas bags that we put all kinds of things you might need if you were living on the street. Water. Soap. Toothbrush. Toothpaste. Snacks. Socks. List of shelters. As we were driving thru town today my daughter and I saw a family on the corner in need of help. We dropped off our blessing bag and about $4 in cash. I never have cash on me so it was all I had. I let the bag and maybe it will help them a little bit.

Day 46: shopping!

Day 46: I bet you are thinking: shopping? How can that be what you did to help another today? Well let me tell you. In my area the high school has a special program for girls who need help to get to go the prom. It is an amazing program. People donate dresses and shoes and jewelry to the program and then the girls get to come in and shop. When I heard about this program I was quickly signed up. This is a great idea. So today was my day to help out. As a volunteer you are basically the shoppers helper. You help pick out the dress and everything. You bring her anything she needs. Today was so exciting. I helped 4 girls find dresses and shoes with accessories. I am so glad I found this project. I will definitely sign up to help again next year!

Awesome prayer!

Lord Jesus, I don't understand why you would give your life for me. There is nothing greater that I can do in earth than to give my life for you in service to others. Please strengthen me for this joyful task!

This is the prayer at the end of my devotional tonight. I love it. It is exactly how I feel. I will pray it so many times!!!

Day 45: waitress

Day 45: Tonight we went out to eat at Applebee's. The kids love it there. We were finishing our meal and our waitress came to us and said her manager made a deal with her that if she could get us to take the survey that he would buy her dinner. Perfect! Took he 2 minutes and it made her happy and it got her free dinner! Somedays it is so easy to do something nice for someone else!

Day 44: shop for a cause!

Day 44: do you ever do something that just gets you so excited? Like you are just pumped up for life???!!! That's how I am feeling right now! I have recently became friends with the co chairman of the Alzheimer's Association of Nwa and in becoming her friend she told me his she is so dedicated to raising funds for Alzheimer's. Her dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and he went to see The Lord last March. Anyways her dedication inspired me to come up with an event with her to help her raise money for her dads memory. So we have been like crazy working on it in all my spare time. We are doing an event in July that will include local vendors and a silent auction with donations from businesses. Portion of proceeds going to Alzheimer's Association of nwa. We created an event on Facebook called 'shop for a cause benefitting the Alzheimer's Association of Nwa with tesm P.S I love you'. If you are on Facebook go and check it out and join our event. Anyways we have so many great vendors wanting to be a part and volunteers. Businesses donating. The generosity is almost overwhelming! I have been spending alot of time working on this but I can't wait for everyone to be there that day supporting Karen and her love for her dad. Along with all the people who have suffered because of Alzheimer's.

Day 43: firemen

Day 43: Kurt's parents are on the fire department in the town they live in. Kurt used to be one also but since kids I have tried to get him into safer meadows. Lol (Although he can hurt himself playing with the dog.) Anyways the fire department is doing a fundraiser selling homemade salsa and sauces so we of course were in. At only $5 a jar it wasn't to bad. Kurt will enjoy the different things we got for sure.

Day 42

Day 42: When we got to work this morning the company set out an email that a lady that has been a good customer of our is the manager of our local McDonald's and they are having a contest today. They are having a contest of who could sell the most premium wraps and to help the sale they marked them half off. So at lunch today I volunteered to go stand in the line to buy everyone a wrap to help her out with her contest. The girls at work were grateful that they could support our customer but at the same time not sit in the long line. Lol

Day 41: $1

Day 41: I was on Facebook today and a local business posted that for all new likes on their page that they will donate $1 to the Susan G Koman walk for the cure. So I liked it. It is one of the easiest ways I have helped an organization. Then I shared it with all my friends so they can like it. They are doing it through the end of the month so please feel free to also go like the page! Let's raise some money from the comfort of our couch and our smart phones! Lol

Money

I want to let some of you know something about me. Most of you reading this blog probably know nothing about me. Even if we are friends or family you may not know some things. Here is the thing. My husband and I do not have a lot of money. We actually live check to check like most people do these days. If an emergency comes up we have to sell something or work extra jobs to find the money. We pay our bills but there is not a lot left after that. We also both work full time jobs. At least 40 hours a week. This being said a lot of my posts have been me shelling out cash for different organizations that have hit my heart. No we do not have extra money to do this. Yes though I do have the faith in The Lord that if he tells me to do something and I obey him that he will give me everything I need in life. It is hard sometimes to say well I really want to do something with that money but it is not my money. I say this to my husband all the time. He gave us the money and so quickly he could take it away. He could take away our cars or our house. He is God and he could turn our lives upside down if he so chooses. Therefore if Hod asks me to give everything I have to anyone I must have the faith that he will provide. Do you remember the woman in the bible who gave everything? I really love the story when Jesus took the small amount of fish and fed so many. He takes my small amount of what he asks everyday and works miracles! That's why our God is an awesome God!!!

Day 40: McDonald's

Day 40: Tonight I was taking the kids through the drive thru at McDonald's when He told me how I could help another person. I was sitting at the drive thru and it was like this voice came into my head. He said buy the car behinds you dinner! So I did. It's funny because as long as I listen to God he always shows me what I need to be doing. The thing that we need to remember is that when He says jump we do it. We don't ask questions. We obey.

Day 39

Day 39: Today I give the gift of forgiveness. I know it's not really part of my challenge but with the forgiveness we gave flowers. Does that work? We have had some people in our lives that have made mistakes and they have put alot of strain on our little family due to the things they have done. But I need to forgive them. Tonight we went to dinner at their house and brought flowers. I hope I can continue to forgive them for the things they have done.

Sharathon 2013 Recap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gU948OmgHoHere is a you tube video of the sharathon that I helped out with a few weeks ago! The lady caller in the middle talking about her sister who has cancer was a lady that I took a pledge from! She gave enough to be a half day sponsor and she honored her sister on her birthday! October 29. So awesome!

Day 38: suck it up!

Day 38: So have you ever just got off on the wrong foot with someone? You think how will you ever deal with this person. Last week at my work we had a new driver start with the company we use to ship our overnights. As part of my job I have to make the overnight shipments and send out contracts or other paperwork. So dealing with these drivers has always been my job. Anyways new guy started and then missed a day. I took the stuff and dropped it off myself. But the next day when I asked the driver where he was he said you weren't on schedule. And when I questioned him on his answers he had more excuses and then told me to take them to box everyday myself. Oh my this did not make me happy. He continued the rest of this week with the same attitude. So today I thought I will suck up my feelings and try to find a common ground to start over on. I took my break this afternoon and went to the cookie store and bought him a cookie. When he came for the shipping items today I said I also bought you a cookie! Do you think we can start over? He said 'absolutely you bought me a cookie'! Lol He even gave me a hug. It was hard for me to get over his attitude towards me but I am hoping that after today we can friends. No matter how hard it is sometime we have to suck up our own feeling and quit dwelling on what has happened and move on. Today that is what we did. We moved on!

Day 37: American red cross

Day 37: Today I ran to Walmart on lunch and the American Red Cross was there looking for help. I am not a very good helper of people in need with health problems, I mean if your bleeding or sick I am probably the last person you want to see. On the other hand I have a cousin who is a nurse and my husband was a volunteer fire fighter. This would have been more their idea of a good volunteer activity. Since I am not much of a volunteer when it comes to emergency situations I was happy to help them with a cash donation. The American Red Cross does alot of good for everyone. Anytime there is a national emergency they are always there helping or sending supplies. Great organization! Happy to help!

Day 35 and 36

Day 35 and 36: Yesterday was crazy busy at work. There was so much to do that I worked through lunch and stayed late. My husband actually gets the good deed for yesterday. When I got home from my very busy day he had the kids home from daycare and school and dinner all made for me. It's times like those that let me know that he supports me and we are in this marriage together. On the other hand tonight Kurt and I threw a party for his cub scouts because they have just earned their tiger cub badge! We had pizza and then played tons of fun games. It was great for all the kids to play together as a group. I just love that they have all got to know each other so well. They really have learned a lot this year too. I am hoping for many more years of learning for these kids.

Day 34: Easter!

Day 34: Today is Easter! And today is our Easter program at church. I loved planning it. Between two other people and myself we taught the kids the whole program in about 2 hours of practice. But in the end the play was amazingly cute. And my tomb came out actually looking like a tomb. I am so blessed to be where I am now. Today makes me very thankful!

Day 33

Day 33: Today I spent the morning being there for someone I love. They were going through something horrible on them and I just tried my best to be there. Show her that I love her no matter what happens.