Another Day in the Life of BLT

As we continue on our journey to become an official Non Profit Organization and reaching out to so many in need... we are finding there are battles all around us. We have been blessed to meet some extremely special people and follow them through their Battle for Life. The BLT Ladies because of our faithful supporters and confidence in each other have successfully provided comfort packages to 9 individuals from different areas, different ages and all around different situations. Each a story of their own; some receiving the best news some hearing devastating results; all still Battling Life Together. Thank you to each one of you for praying for us and supporting us as we do Gods work and be the best that we can in His name.

Be on the lookout for new information and venues to meet the BLT Ladies and support us further as we move forward to become the best Non Profit we can be and join together with our brothers and sisters of the community and touch the lives of many more!

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".

BLT - Laura

Let's take the time to meet .. Laura Brickey. When we were talking over who we wanted to be part of BLT .. Laura's name came to the conversation rather quickly. Laura has this sweet, determination about her that makes everything she touches successful. I love Laura's honesty. If she isn't feelin' it .. then you know it. She is my " go too" person for raw facts. This is something she and Brandi have in common. I know that if "you" ask Laura to do something, then you can forget about it, but she will get the job, no matter what it is .. done! Laura is the brave soul in our group that is willing to keep track of the monies. Thank you, Laura for the strength and honesty you bring to our group. We love you!

BLT - Brandi

Now, I would like to take the time to introduce .. Brandi Jones (no relation to Julie, except dear friends).  Brandi is our Vice-President, and I like to think of Brandi as the logic to our group. When we have to figure something out, we turn to Brandi. She gets this really cute look on her face, she doesn't hear anything you say to her and she begins to think, until she has the problem solved in the most efficient way. We have known Brandi for a long time, and honestly she hasn't changed, only became more endearing over the years. There was no way that I wanted to do this without Brandi. Without saying too much more (for fear of embarrassing her) she is kinda like a rock to me .. and just knowing that she is around makes my "house" stand firm. Thank you, Brandi for everything you do to make our group strong! We love you!

BLT - Julie

I am going to introduce you the members of BLT .. one by one. I would like for you to get to know these people, if you don't already. I want to introduce to you .. Julie Jones. She truly is the glue to this whole thing. There isn't anything that can't be taken to Julie, and she find a way to solve it. She is also the queen of free things. If it's given out free over the internet .. Julie will find it. I believe that we are all intelligent women, but Julie is what I call the brains of this "operation". She has a passion for our cause that runs deep and it shows in the late nights she spends at her computer digging up information so that we can go out and inform our community, thus making it possible for us to make a difference. Thank you, Julie for all of your hard work. We love you, appreciate you and respect you beyond words!

Welcome To BLT - Battling LIfe Together

We would like to welcome you to our blog. We will get into more about the birth of our non-profit with more posts to follow. We hope that you will follow us, while coming along on the journey of a lifetime. We would love to hear your feedback, ideas and anything else you want to share with us. Our mission is to helps others who are battling cancer, or those helping a loved one battle cancer. We are all so excited about this new adventure, and we hope that you are too. Come along with us as we are .... Battling Life Together!