Operation Christmas Child ~ Part Two

Then our next mission in .. Operation Christmas Child was to fill the pantry of this family. What good would gifts for Christmas be if your children were hungry? We collected a few things on our own, but nothing near what I wanted to take to this family. They had been through so much and to have this Mother know that she could feed her children without any fear of what she would feed them at the next meal. The next step was to contact the director of the Baptist Women Group and she was so happy to help.

It was announced in church that Sunday that the next Sunday we would be collecting for this family. Prayers began  that God would send lots of food. When people showed up that collection Sunday for Sunday school and then church, the donations just kept adding up, and up and up ..  As always, God had answered my prayers. We had collected enough food for this family to pack their pantry. This is what Christmas is supposed to be all about.

Again, Supporters had come to the aid of this family. Thank you Hillcrest Baptist Church for signing up to help this family. You are precious people, and the members of BLT thank you for your support.

Just so you know ... We collected 12 boxes of food. We are all .. "Battling Life Together".

Operation Christmas Child ~ Part One

As we sat in our October meeting, it really was heavy on my heart that we needed to help a family with Christmas. We talked about it and we didn't know anyone that was dealing with cancer the needed help for Christmas. We asked our friends and family, we all prayed about it, and after three weeks we got our answer to prayer. We had been sent a family who has a little girl (age 3) who had been fighting cancer since she was even younger. This little girl had an older sister, as well.

We got busy asking our BLT supporters for help. As always you blew us away with how fabulous you all are. So much so that when I would talk with Julie about what we had collected, it brought me to tears many times. Because of the amazing BLT supporters this family would no longer have to worry about how to make Christmas happen for their two little girls. They could focus on helping their youngest child fight cancer. YOU, Our supporters removed that burden for them, and every member of BLT is so thankful to you!

The members of BLT want to take the time now to thank anyone who donated anything to our Operation Christmas Child. YOU totally rock, like no one else!! God is gracious! We are all .. "Battling Life Together"!

BLT Comfort Basket

As a non-porift (non-profit status pending) we want to help make a difference in any way that we can. We got word that someone that we all grew up with was dealing with cancer through his lovely wife. We got busy collecting things to put together a comfort basket. We try to do them in the cancer color that the patient is fighting, but that isn't always possible, especially if someone is dealing with more than one cancer at a time. The basket shown in the picture here just happens to be purple.

We are always collecting items to put together these comfort baskets, so anytime that you would like to help, and don't know how .. just grab some chewing gum, peppermints, small cans of ginger ale, or even some comfortable socks and donate them to us. We would be truly thankful.

We are happy to report that the person who received the basket pictures here is getting well .. kicking the heck out of cancer, and should only have a couple more treatments left. God is a gracious!! We are all .. "Battling Life Together".