Hot Dogs and Cake Mix

I just finished sharing this blog with Catherine, showing all the gifts that pour into our home the past couple days. I had to say how good God is and how He not only meets our needs but often even our heart's desire.

It wasn't 15 minutes later that Jane and Brenda (her daughter) came over with these gifts. God doesn't just fill our cups, He overflows it.

Christmas Cookies

Our next neighbor Debbie made these Christmas cookies for us. I had some already. There's definitely some Christmas spirit in them.

Children's Bible

Frannie came by with this Children's Bible.
She spotted it at a Thrift Store and purchased it for us.

We try to have devotions every day. During it all the kids read their Bible, including the little ones. That means these picture Bible get chewed up pretty quick. We're regularly replacing them with new ones. Fannies good heart resulted in our blessing by remembering us while she was shopping.

Ham, Cheese Potatoes,

This morning my wife broke down crying because she couldn't see how we would have a holiday meal this Christmas. Durning her prayers this morning she shared with God how her Mother never failed to put out a feast every holiday. But money is tight right now. I'm not one to worry between turkey or macroni and cheese. I try to be content and to me the feasting wasn't that important. There are enough things to keep busy with today.

Mark Saville goes deer hunting every year bringing back more than a freezer full. Yesterday Sarah (Mark's wife) said she was gonna bring by some venison. When she and Mark arrive we were surprised with a Christmas ham (Honey Bake Company) and lots of other treats intended just for Christmas. Catherine was in tears. They forgot the venison and plan to bring it over another day. God bless the Savilles.

Star Fruit

Freeman and Forgiven (two of my sons) were riding their scooters around the block. Vicky on the back of our block has a Star fruit tree. The boys were about to approach her to ask for some when Vicky beat them to the punch and offered them a bag of them. When you slice Star fruit side ways it forms a star. They are very delicious.

She gave the boys some more the next day but that was because they asked her for them. The rules of this blog is to show only gifts that were not asked for. So I didn't include a picture for a second entry.

Ice Cream, Apples, Eggs and Pecans

Kim Kulatz (from our church) stopped by with her kids to share these gifts and spend some time with our family. She said the Ice Cream was for Catherine only, but she shared some with me.
The kids had a great time playing in the backyard while Kim and Catherine enjoyed some fellowship sitting in the shade of the lemon tree.

Apples and Marshmallows

Mary phoned to have one of our kids run over and pick up these yummies. The marsh- mallows are left overs from a schools science lab. The apples are just because.