CHRISTMAS 2009

Christmas was a busy time of the year here, not due to the fact of having 6 children ~ 4 of which are 8 and under. We were blessed to be able to pass out gifts this year with the help of our friends. We had many people helping this Christmas ~ some of the few were...Joan & Charles Tanner, donations from First Baptist Church - Florence KY, Dr's & RN's from the Crownpoint Hospital, Sierra Vista Counseling, Thoreau Church of God and many more.

The donations of all the toys from First Baptist Church, in Florence, KY made it possible for hundred's of children to receive gifts this season. We were able to give gifts to 25 families (total of 78 children) at the Baca/Dlo ayazhi Community School, to the members of the Thoreau community after the Thoreau Church of God Christmas program, gifts were given to the children in care of CYFD (Child, Youth, Family Division of NM) in Cibola county, gifts were given out at the Crownpoint Clinic during the holiday seasons - on the holiday itself and by the pedestrians during the holiday to needy families and to the volunteers that helped wrapped the presents.

We had multiple people wrap gifts this season. It was wonderful to see how the community jumped in to help with our goal of getting as many gifts out as we could wrapped. There was a Christmas wrapping party in Crownpoint, where multiple gifts were able to be wrapped to in an evening. One nurse provider took gifts on a weekend trip to Durango and was able to hand pick the gifts to be given out to the Baca/Dlo ayazhi Community School. Sierra Vista Counseling was able to oversee gift wrapping by those who needed community service. These gifts were used for the CFYD who would have had a smaller Christmas.

On December 18th the Thoreau Church of God had their annual Christmas program at 6pm, after the program we were able to give out Bibles, Beans & Bibles ~ something we called Bueno! We had 8 tables of gifts that were given out and over 100 blankets, one blanket to each family. People were stopping by before the event, but they were encouraged to attend the church and return after the service. The program was so well attended it ended up with standing room by the close of the event. We were at the house till after 11pm giving out hope to those whose life was a little more sparse than we were experiencing.

We are so thankful to those who donated money for the wrapping of the gifts, time for the wrapping and the prayers from those who were not near to help with the wrapping at the Most Wonderful time of the Year. None of these small things we do here on earth can compare to our Savior's gift of love, our Lord gave his life for us. The best gift we can give to those out here is the hearing of the Word of our Lord.