Archive for May, 2009:
A family in need
Me and my husband both felt like we were being led to give the faith stimulas money to a family in need that had a small child or baby. We found out about a couple that was five months pregnant and lost their baby. Read more »
A tidal wave of good
My husband is coaching our youngest son’s baseball team this year and there is a precious little 8 yr. old named Zachary on the team. We knew him and his family a little bit from T-ball a couple of years ago and were excited to find out he would be on our team again. Sweet, sweet child. Always happy to play ball.
At the beginning of the season, Zach’s mom told me he may miss a few practices/games because his dad was very sick with an inoperable brain tumor. Understandable. Naturally, we’ve tried extending our hands to help, but she Read more »
Overwhelmed with God's love
When I received my envelope, right away I prayed that God would show me a sign to give it to the right person at the right time. Well it happened to a person that I least expected or prayed about…..I practically see her everyday as I drop and pick up my 1 yr. old son from a home daycare. She’s the niece of the woman that runs the daycare. She came to work there after the woman’s husband passed away and really stepped in nurturing the children. She’s around 18 or so, and what an amazing girl to give so much love to many kids every day. Read more »
Bike problems
So I’ve been waiting over a week now for my big AHA moment to give away my envelope that has been in the visor of my car. You know waiting for that great God intervention moment. It came but in such a simpler way than I imagined. I was vacuuming my car at a local gas station when along comes this teenager to put air in the tire of his bike. Over the sound of the vacuum I hear a very loud pop; the tire tube had popped too much air. In that moment I’m thinking to myself, I really need to help this kid, but I have no cash and there is no store nearby to buy a new tube. Read more »
Summer camp
There is a little girl in Mobile who will now have the opportunity to go to the day camp for the summer provided by Solid Rock Ministries that is located on Springhill Avenue and in an area many of us would refer to the “hood”. A single mother who recently gave her life to God, who’s car broke down and she walks to work, who decided to make it by herself rathan than doing something she knows God would not want for her and had the live in boy friend move out. Read more »
A (not so) normal Friday night
Tonight started off no different than any other Friday night really. My fiance came home from work, we went and walked around the mall for a while just to talk and spend some time together, and we discussed where we might want to go out to dinner tonight. We like to go out to dinner on Friday nights when it is financially possible; it’s kind of like our “date night.” Read more »
59th Anniversary Dinner
As a manager at a local restaurant in Spanish Fort, I knew in my heart it would be there at my place of work that the Lord would send someone to me to bless with the gift received by Pastor last Sunday.
It was storming outside and a Lady walked in to place a carry out order. It consisted of two seafood platters and two ice-teas, one sweet and one unsweet and requested they be marked as such. She told me the dinners were for her parents who were celebrating their 59th wedding anniversary, and her mother was waiting for her in the car to go meet her father. Read more »
Sowing love
I spent the day at the Grand Hotel pool with my children and was on my way back home when my kids started complaining they were starving and nothing but Krystals could satisfy their hunger. I would never have stopped at Kyrstals (do not like it) but did none the less. As I whipped through the drive through a young woman was getting my change ready and asked me if I had any jumper cables. I said “no, I don’t sorry.” Read more »
God provided – part 2
This is a follow-up to a story I posted a few days ago.
…. the rest of the story. God just keeps surprising me! My mom was visiting BCM this past Sunday and also received an envelope with money in it. On Tuesday she was asking what I did with the money and I told her that I gave it to one of the guys that worked with me. I in turn asked her the same question and she said that she did not know who to give it to, so insisting, she gave her money to me to give away instead. Read more »
This is God's money
I stopped to get gas a few minutes ago, and when I went into pay for it there sat a man on the bench that I know is homeless and is an alcoholic. His family talks very bad about him and has thrown him out on the streets. He looked pretty rough. While I was pumping gas, I thought about the money that the church handed out. I had it in my glove box. I walked up to him and said that I am a member at Bay Community Church and explained to him about the money. Read more »
