Bread

Tonight at church we had a New Years Eve dinner. They served your choice of potato soup, beef soup, or chili. It was delicious. They sent us home with some left over bread bowls they purchased from the Atlanta Bread Company, one for each member of our family including the baby.

Oranges, Potatoes, Noodles

Mary sent over some "pineapple oranges", some macaroni and potatoes. God is never late. Thank you Mary :)

Applesauce and Milk

Evelyn Bonilla, our next door neighbor knocked on our door offering this.

God Given Board Games (and more ham)

The Betons invited us over for dinner. Catherine has know Conrad and Cheryl Beton since she was eight. They are older now and not as active in ministry but they used to be very involved in Youth for Christ. Conrad led Catherine to Jesus when she was just a little girl. They have stayed involved in her life ever since, encouraging her in her walk with our Lord. They had alot of board games on hand left over from their youth ministry days. Cheryl said that each kid could keep one. They were all in excellent condition. Trust picked Monopoly. Above is a picture of the kids playing. We also brought home Boggle, pickup sticks, chess, The Worst Case Senerio Game for Surviving Life and Deal or No Deal.

On our way out Chery offered the ham bone from a spiral cut ham to use in soup. When we got home and opened it up, we found that it was a half of a ham.

More Star Fruit

Vicky gave more star fruit to Freeman.
:)
Everybody in our family loves these.

God Gives Wood Craft Projects

My boys were playing hide-and-seek in the front of our block. Some of our boys were hiding in Ed and Frans front yard. They are french canadians who have lived here longer than us. Ed came out and gave these gifts to our sons. They are 7 Home Depot Kids Workshop kits. These are fun kits and the kids love them. I already helped my kids build three of them.

Pumpkin Pie, Pears, Gum, Tea and Candy

Our friend Fanny came by with these gifts.
Two pumpkin pies, delicious pears (they were perfect), white tea packets, Royal Rolls candies and Spry chewing gum. We don't let our kids chew gum because of the sugar and we don't like the chemicals found in most sugar-free gum. There are a few sugar alternatives that can be purchased from health food stores. Fanny gave us a xylitol sweetened gum which is an excellent sugar substitute. This is a rare treat because it cost more than regular gum and is not found at the grocery store. Each child got their own pack of gum.