God DOES answer prayers.....
i am not a overly religious person. i do not go to church. i do not give to the collection plate. in fact, Mr M has never even been baptized ( long story )...but i was so close to losing it the other day, that i sat down, and had a talk with God. i asked him for his help....
to please help my husband find a job
to keep all of us safe with a roof over our heads.
i made this plea, with the codicil that when we were on our feet, i would do whatever i could to, as my husband puts it... " pay forward".
that i would give back what has been given to us...i guess God must have been listening that day....it seems that my wonderful, and amazing daughters, put their heads to gether to try and come up with ways they could help, because neither of them can afford to help "financially", they did the best thing they could, they started writing emails to every organization they could think of.One of those organizations was Gleaners Food Bank. as some of you know, they called us several weeks ago, and had us come down and pick up food.We thought that was the end of it.... we could not have been more wrong.Gleaners does a annual charity/ recognition event for those in the community who have helped Gleaners. The president here, got up and told a story... he read a letter to the group that was attending this fund raiser, and it brought tears to their eyes.That story was the email that my daughters had composed, and sent.
it was read word for word ( minus names ). at the end of that story, a gentleman ( we still do not know who ) asked that the family be contacted and asked if they would give permission, and send along their contact info, so he could get in touch.
That family is us.
He wanted us to compose a letter regarding what we needed, and he wants to help us with whatever is necessary. My husband composed the letter to the woman who works for Gleaners, and sent it off today. i do not know when this gentleman will contact us.And if that wasn't shocking enough, this same woman asked us if we would be willing to interview with the BBC ( British Broadcasting ) who are doing a story on the economy here in Michigan and the US in general. The story is about WHY our government ships billions of dollars in food and aid overseas and yet, can't seem to take care of their own citizens. Did you know that most of the food donations come from corporations overseas and NOT from our own country ? it does
.So.... tomorrow , my husband and i are going to Gleaners for the first half of this interview, and then they will be coming to our house for the second half of said interview.it is going to be aired ( when i do not know ) internationally.my god... a simple letter sent from the heart, has created so many opportunities for us. i do not know how i will ever be able to show my appreciation for the wonderful daughters i have raised. i do not know how i will ever begin to repay the generosity that has all of a sudden been shown to us.
i do not know if i have the words right now to express all i am feeling....my heart swells with pride when i think of these two very special women.
god really does work in mysterious ways.. and just when you have given up hope of ever climbing out.. someone hands you a ladder......
posted by Cynnie01 @ 10:57 PM
2 Comments:
This is great news. Can you breathe a little easier now?
Maybe it's a sign that things are changing for the better.
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Additionally their slogan is, "Ending world hunger, One Bite at a Time", and are donating 10% of sales to Gleaners Community Food Bank and Other Charities...
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