Away for so long

I am sorry that we are not updating as regularly as we would like to.  Things have kept us quite busy and I have neglected writing to keep you informed to our activities.  We have not anticipated the rapid growth of all that God has asked of us.  Many of you may have seen our news paper article and we are pleased with the response of it.  When we were contacted by the newspaper, our initial response was to decline the story but realized that we could help so many if we did it.  Jason and I are quite uncomfortable with being in the lime light and are easily embarrassed by praise or recognition.  We feel that we are merely an instrument for God and that we deserve no praise.  It is from our Lord that we are able to serve the community and to Him is the Glory.  We appreciate everything that has happened and are grateful for the support.  I was amazed at the amount of phone calls that I received.  I believe I was on the phone from 7:23 until 6:31.  The only break I had from it was during our first meeting with our pregnant teens.  I believe it is important to give recognition to people and want to thank Citrus Animal clinic for the generous gift to us.  I also thank First Presybertian Church for the gift cards they furnished.  We had multiple people call for our address and some wanting to donate tools, toys, clothing, and various items.  I am overwhelmed by the generosity of our community and feel blessed to have the support from them.  We also received crib bedding and furniture from Pastor Katsanis & his wife from Grace Bible Church.  Dr. Summer Khan & her husband Dr. David Guerra also have donated multiple baby items as well as their time for our "girls".  In fact, there was one weekend where Dr. Khan was helping a mother by cooking dinners and handing them out. During this event, she dropped everything she was doing to help out one of the teens we mentor.  I have never seen a Dr. so devoted to her patients and feel blessed to have both her and her husband's support.  I also thank Liz for her involvement.  Thank you everyone.

Since it is late, I will let you know of our exciting events and finish tomorrow with a list of families and needs that we have for Christmas.  Today with the phone and newspaper article, we were kept quite busy.  My husband had a few paying opportunities that he went to give estimates and around 2 in the afternoon had to go fix a broken main water line for a family.  I guess because of the cold, the pipe broke and the family was without water.  He put one of the young men to work digging a trench from the main water line to the house while he repaired and replaced the pipe.  He continued to run around bringing people to the store or other errands and ended up coming home in time for us to feed the children and for me to run off to take care of my mother. 

I started our day taking one of our teens to court.  Luckily we were able to get in and out and I headed home to begin preparations for our first meeting of teens with tots.  We had four teens in our group, a mother that had children in her teens, and another for support.  It was a time of prayer, introductions, and support.  I am hoping to open the doors to even more teens by talking with the schools and offering our number as a resource.  I think the ability to have someone in the similar situation can help these young ladies form friendships of support.  Most importantly, I hope to share the importance of having God as the main support to help ease the burdens they will surely endure. Read More!